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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!agis!vtc.tacom.army.mil!news2.acs.oakland.edu!izzy.net!news From: "Patirick S. Roberts (NTT)" <root@execu.comshare.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Configuring a 3C509 Combo board Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 16:06:31 -0800 Organization: National TechTeam Inc. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <30BF9887.43DB4AC5@execu.comshare.com> References: <49j652$3qs@nkosi.well.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: execu.comshare.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.0 i586) Chris Warth wrote: > > I'm trying to get FreeBSD 2.0.1 to recognize the 10base-T port on a > 3Com 3C509 EIII Combo board, so far with no success. I am running > the GENERIC kernel and the card comes up under the "ep0" interface. > The BNC-thinnet interface works fine. I've confirmed that the 10baseT > connection has link-level connectivity. > > I have tried a variety of "link" options to the ifconfig command > with no luck. > > The one that I thought would work was > > ifconfig ep0 -link0 -link2 link1 > > Something similar has worked on BSDI machines with the same board > and under FreeBSd when configuring the "de0" interface. > > Is there some problem with the "ep" driver that prevents this from > working correctly? Is there a chance that the board is broken? It is > much more likely that I simply have not hit upon the particular spell > to make it work correctly. > > Any advice would be welcome. > > -csw Try using the software provided with the card to switch it over to use the TP port in its bios. Patrick S. Roberts (NTT) Internet Consultant