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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!zippy.dct.ac.uk!hirta!gdm Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3c509 problems ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970207100824.14373B-100000@hirta> From: "Garry D. Main" <gdm@hirta> Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 10:12:05 +0000 References: <32D88C6F.27E2A24B@genesis4.sps.mot.com><01bc0088$220c1260$5a2d6dc2@robert><Pi ne.SUN.3.95.970114211810.24628A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp><01bc0323$18ac124 0$aa2c6dc2@robert> <32E73CE7.3D37@eecs.harvard.edu><Pine.SUN.3.95.970130214705 .2034A-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp><Pine.LNX.3.93.970205213842.3765B-100000@o n-ramp.ior.com> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970206145238.27060C-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> Nntp-Posting-Host: hirta.tay.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970206145238.27060C-100000@typhoon.typhoon.co.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Lines: 26 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35101 On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, N Fung wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Jesse wrote: > > 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 a few fun and games when I tried to switch from bnc to 10BaseT. I solved it with ifconfig ep0 link2 and its worked ever since... Garry