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From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: Problems with 3COM509 Etherlink III on FreeBSD 2.1.6
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970211145720.006a0544@mail.microweb.com> from "David A. Zimmerman" at "Feb 11, 97 02:57:25 pm"
To: daz@sssystems.com (David A. Zimmerman)
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:37:11 +0100 (MET)
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David A. Zimmerman wrote:
> I am not a UNIX expert by an strech but have had a good deal of experience
> and feel that I have tried just about everything I can think of over the
> last two weeks.  Would anyone be kind enough to offer any insight into a
> few other things I might try to get this machine on the Net?  What am I
> missing?  How can I diagnose this problem?
> 

What are you using? The AUI, UTP or BNC connector? Look at the manpage
to check which links to specify for ifconfig...:

     -link0                Use the BNC port (default).

      link0 -link1         Use the AUI port.

      link0  link1         Use the UTP port.


-Guido