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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news-hk.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!news.att.net.hk!spinnews!spin-hsd0-tky!news.typhoon.co.jp!typhoon.typhoon.co.jp!nfung From: N Fung <nfung@typhoon.co.jp> Subject: Re: 3c509 problems ? Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Jesse <jesseh@on-ramp.ior.com> Sender: news@typhoon.co.jp (Charlie Root) Organization: T Y P H O O N n e t Tokyo http://www.typhoon.co.jp Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970206145238.27060C-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> References: <32D88C6F.27E2A24B@genesis4.sps.mot.com> <01bc0088$220c1260$5a2d6dc2@robert> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970114211810.24628A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> <01bc0323$18ac1240$aa2c6dc2@robert> <32E73CE7.3D37@eecs.harvard.edu> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970130214705.2034A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> <Pine.LNX.3.93.970205213842.3765B-100000@on-ramp.ior.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970205213842.3765B-100000@on-ramp.ior.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: typhoon.typhoon.co.jp Return-Receipt-To: nfung@typhoon.co.jp Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 06:02:22 GMT Lines: 41 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35236 On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Jesse wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, N Fung wrote: > > : > :On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, daniel b giffin wrote: > : > :> just a note in case anyone else might have a problem like mine with the > :> 3c509-combo. i couldn't get anything to work until i realized that, > :> despite the card/driver's pretensions to an "autoselect" feature, > :> freebsd thought i wanted to use the BNC interface instead of 10BaseT ... > :> the fix was to use the DOS config program to set the card to 10BaseT > :> instead of automatic. > : > :I had the EXACT problem. Is this a FreeBSD (ep0 driver?) thing or more > :like a 3Com limitation? It's a pain to reboot with DOS, config, and > :reboot whenever I want to switch BNC<->10BaseT. > : > :N. Fung > > Strange, I took a 3c509b, plug it in and it came right up using 10baseT, I > haven't tried anything else, but I was actually supprised it worked after > having to do the boot to dos thing for linux boxes. It was a used card > which my account for a lot in this but I do know it was still in plug and > pray when I put it in Is 3c509b the same as 3c509-COMBO? (Sorry I don't have the box with me.) Well, the 3c509-COMBO did come up with 10baseT when I first installed it. The problem was when I unplugged the 10baseT cable tried to use the BNC interface. I tried rebooting but the only way to get to work was to do the DOS thing and get 3c5x9cfg.exe to select the BNC interface. Best, N. Fung