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From: Jesse <jesseh@on-ramp.ior.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3c509 problems ?
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:42:16 -0800
Organization: Internet On-Ramp, Inc.
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, N Fung wrote:

:
:On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, daniel b giffin wrote:
:
:> just a note in case anyone else might have a problem like mine with the 
:> 3c509-combo.  i couldn't get anything to work until i realized that, 
:> despite the card/driver's pretensions to an "autoselect" feature, 
:> freebsd thought i wanted to use the BNC interface instead of 10BaseT ...
:> the fix was to use the DOS config program to set the card to 10BaseT 
:> instead of automatic.
:
:I had the EXACT problem.  Is this a FreeBSD (ep0 driver?) thing or more
:like a 3Com limitation?  It's a pain to reboot with DOS, config, and
:reboot whenever I want to switch BNC<->10BaseT.
:
:N. Fung

Strange, I took a 3c509b, plug it in and it came right up using 10baseT, I
haven't tried anything else, but I was actually supprised it worked after
having to do the boot to dos thing for linux boxes. It was a used card
which my account for a lot in this but I do know it was still in plug and
pray when I put it in

Jesse Hires      Technical Support Supervisor     Internet On-Ramp, Inc
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