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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SMC 9332 BDT problem
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:21:50 +1000
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Brian Wang wrote:
> 
>         I'm also experiencing the exact same problem with a 9332BDT in
> FBSD 2.2.2.  Tried it with 2.1.7 boot disk, and yielded the same result.
> I have a Rev A card...
> 
> Brian Wang
> 
> William R. Charnock <netadmin@fastlane.net> wrote in article
> <33a17a29.164474351@news.fastlane.net>...
> > I have had a similar problem with this card.  When I booted up the
> > machine, Freebsd 2.2.2 kept enabling the 100-Base-T port on the card,
> > even though it was plugged into a 10B-T hub.  Even after using the
> > setup software to manually configure the card to 10BaseT, FreeBSD kept
> > enabling the 100BaseT port.  I returned the card for a 3COM.  What is
> > puzzling is I am using this card on other servers with no problem.  I
> > did notice that the card was Rev B ? Perhaps this is the problem?
> >
> > William Charnock

There is an updated driver for this family of cards which, I believe,
solves some of the auto-speed detection problems!

Please checkout http://www.dejanews.com/ and search using "FreeBSD and
SMC9332" or some such set of keywords to get the relevant articles.

Tony