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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:52:23 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Lists <lists@mrvid.demon.co.uk>
To:        Matthew Soffen <matt@soffen.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HELP getting FTP Install to work.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980129135051.7159A-100000@millennium.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980129014527.00b5ecb0@soffen.com>

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> I get the machine (a Digital Venturis P60 with 32MB Ram, 4x CDROM
> and a 3COM Network card) to boot using the FreeBSD Boot Floppy. I
> can get through the configuration stuff however, as soon as the
> install gets to adding the "default route" it just hangs and
> eventually times out.  It appears to have found the network card
> alright (no error messages on V2).
> 
> I have an NT 4.0 server running as my router which is currently
> allowing a Win95 box to go through the connection fine so I don't
> think that is the problem.
> 
> For some reason it just doesn't appear to be seeing the network (Base2).

Is your 3com a combo card (i.e does it have UTP, BNC & AUI on the back of
it?) If so, most of the time BSD will default to the UTP port and you have
to use a DOS utility provided by 3com (http://www.3com.com/) to set the
port manually to default to BNC.

L8rz

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