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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.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!noos.hooked.net!news.scruz.net!ghidora!joe From: joe@ghidora.planetx.org (Joseph C. Di Lellio) Subject: Re: 3c509 problems ? References: <32D88C6F.27E2A24B@genesis4.sps.mot.com> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970130214705.2034A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> <Pine.LNX.3.93.970205213842.3765B-100000@on-ramp.ior.com> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970206145238.27060C-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> Organization: Flying Giant Rubber Monsters From Space, Inc. Message-ID: <1997Feb12.072020.9306@ghidora.planetx.org> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 97 07:20:20 GMT Lines: 50 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35377 In article <Pine.SUN.3.95.970206145238.27060C-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp>, N Fung <nfung@typhoon.co.jp> 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. >> >> 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. sorry for including so much; reading this gave me an idea. i have a 3c589c (a combo card) net card for my laptop running 2.1.5, and i had some similar problems. a kind soul who's name i now forget suggested i play around with the link options to ifconfig when configuring the card, letting the card know which port on my combo card to use. assuming your cards work the same as mine, using ifconfig <interface> inet <ipaddr> link0 -link1 should work to get the 10baseT port to be used, and ifconfig <interface> inet <ipaddr> -link0 link1 to get the bnc port to work. i have to switch between the two often, so i've tested this at least on the 3c589c. one would hope the cards would have similar workings, so perhaps the above will help... joe -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer