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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 15:17:27 +0100
To: darryl@osborne-ind.com
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From: Lee Smallbone <freebsd-questions@kechara.net>
Subject: Re: 3C509 - Questions
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Sounds to me like the card is either set for Plug and Play, or the default
interface is 10base2. I've had the exact same problem, which was cured
by unsetting plug and play and/or changing the default media to 10base-T.

Download the 3c509 configuration utility from the 3com website. You will
need a dos disk to boot from.

 HTH,

Lee.

20/09/2001 04:45:21, "Darryl Hoar" <darryl@osborne-ind.com> wrote:

>Greetings,
>I am running 4.2-release on a box.  Here's my problem.
>I have installed 4.2-release without problem. This box
>has a 3C509 NIC in it, and dmesg shows ep0 (10base2 interface)
>failed to come ready, but ep1 shows up fine.  When I installed,
>I configured ep1.  I verified that rc.conf has the right
>ifconfig statement in it.  I plugged the machine into my LAN
>(using a patch cable that is known good), but it fails when
>pinging other hosts on the LAN.
>
>Since I have nothing of value on this box, I am willing to do
>anything.  The NIC in the box worked under windows, right before
>I ripped off windows and put on FreeBSD, so I know that its not
>'bad' hardware.
>
>thanks,
>Darryl
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