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From: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: 3COM Token Ring card
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 1996 11:50:36 GMT
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joe@mustang.via.net (Joe McGuckin) wrote:


>My system hangs when it probes out the tr0 (3com token ring card). How 
>do I properly configure this card? There a 2 sets of addresses I can set using the
>3COM config utility...

 Let me tell you a little secret that BSD tech support told me.. DONT
use a 3Com. And don't even TRY the 3c509 (it hangs at boot, or 100%
packet loss). They are really slow. According to tech sup. the DEC
cards are suppost to work flawlessly with BSDI.

 Good luck.

 lance