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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!not-for-mail 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 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 27 Message-ID: <33A5E6AE.92C@OntheNet.com.au> References: <01bc7792$d6246050$1160b5c7@carew> <33a17a29.164474351@news.fastlane.net> <01bc78fa$8647a290$a89095ce@bane> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: Brian Wang <brian@vividnet.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42889 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