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From: nao@sbl.cl.nec.co.jp (Naoki Hamada)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3C509B-COMBO Ethernet Card Problem
Date: 18 Jul 1996 09:03:12 +0900
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In article <4si03f$7jc@news.postech.ac.kr> 
azrael@chopin.postech.ac.kr (Kim Tae Hyoung) writes:
>Some strange thing is 3c509-combo works very well. But, 3c509B does not.
>My kernel detect ethernet card and if I run 'ifconfig -a', it show
>network configuration correctly. But, if I run 'ping', there is no
>response.... Also, I disabled PnP fercility of ethernet card.

Did you select 'Auto Select' or 'Auto Sense' feature? FreeBSD ignores
this and often selects an inappropriate connector. With 3C5X9CFG.EXE
you must explicitly tell the adapter what connector you use.

I hope this helps.

-nao