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From: lclaman@alumni.stanford.org
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: 100Mb Cards
Date: 13 Mar 1997 07:42:18 -0800
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References: <01bc29de$c0ca6760$6f1d11cb@jan.bekkers.com.au>
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6338

In article <01bc29de$c0ca6760$6f1d11cb@jan.bekkers.com.au>, "Jan says...
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have been trying desperately to get our DEC 10/100mb cards (sorry but I
>forget the model number) to run under BSDi 2.1.  Everything runs nice and
>happily during boot until the card driver is loaded, then the card simpy
>resets and loses link status.  The machine sees the card and allows you to
>bind/ifconfig to it but nothing goes in or out.
>
>What are the most successful 100mb cards?!?!?

Are you trying to run the card at 10mb?  If so, you have to ifconfig
explicitly with the parameter '-link0'.

-Larry