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From: dwatson@abwam.com (Darryl Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Switching Ethernet Cards
Date: 9 Jul 1996 14:32:34 GMT
Organization: ABWAM, Inc.
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In article <ACZMudrODJ@qsar.chem.msu.su>, "Eugene Radchenko" <eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su> says:
>
>In <4qpla8$juf@uriah.heep.sax.de> J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
>> Dennis Holmes <dholmes@rahul.net> wrote:
>> > interrupt for the ethernet card.  I always get the same result: the card is
>> > probed at boot time, but "ed0: device timeout" is reported whenever I try to
>> > use it.
>[...]
>> > Also, I borrowed a WD8003E card and got the same result.  I'm not sure I
>> > had all the jumpers set correctly though, as I have no documentation for
>> > that card.  It was reported correctly at boot time.  That one has AUI and
>

I had a WD8003E card with no jumpers, and browsed Yahoo to find the
vendor's web page.  A few clicks later I had discovered their fax-back
service, and was able to get reasonable jumper info for that card the
same hour.

That card doth kick booty as our accounting PC's ethernet card.  No
worries.  :)