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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!uhog.mit.edu!not-for-mail From: fletch1@MICRO-HEART-OF-GOLD.MIT.EDU (Myron Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 3C595 under FreeBSD Date: 24 Aug 1996 16:58:49 -0400 Organization: MIT EECS Dept Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4vnqe9$c0e@MICRO-HEART-OF-GOLD.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu I'm trying to install FreeBSD onto a machine that has an 3C595 10/100 Fast Ethernet card. So far I haven't had much luck. Upon bootup, the kernel complains that the card is "Warning! Defective early revision adapter!" The machine does eventually come up on the network but not only is the network performance extremely slow, it basically can't find routes outside of its own subnet even though I know that all of the network configuration is correct. More so, the card absolutely refuses to kick into 100Mbp mode. So I guess what I'm asking is this: 1) Has anyone gotten the card to work successfully? I've gone through three cards so far with the same results. All of the cards say that they are revision D if that helps. 2) I know that the FreeBSD docs say that support for the 3C595 is buggy. But how buggy is buggy? Thank you for any help that you can provide. -- Myron Freeman MIT EECS fletch1@eecs.mit.edu