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From: Raul Zighelboim <mango@staff.communique.net>
To: "'joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de'" <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: RE: 2.2.2-Release and SMC/3com PCI cards....
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 12:36:00 -0500
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Ok; when the system is turned on, the link light on the hub comes
on..... then, this shows up on the screen:

de0 <Digital DC21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32 int a irq 11 on pci0:14
de0: DC21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
de0: address 00:e0:29:05:9c:c0
de0: enabling 100baseTX port

at this time, the light on the hub is switched off.  'ifconfig ed0
(+/-)link(0/1/2)' will not bring the card back to operation, in either
the 10baseT nor the 100baseT ethernet hubs.

(this message is from my running 2.1.6 kernel; same beavior from the
2.2.2-RELEASE install disk).

The card only has a TP port.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	j@uriah.heep.sax.de [SMTP:j@uriah.heep.sax.de]
> Sent:	Monday, June 02, 1997 1:41 AM
> To:	Raul Zighelboim
> Cc:	questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject:	Re: 2.2.2-Release and SMC/3com PCI cards....
> 
> (redirected to -questions)
> 
> As Raul Zighelboim wrote:
> 
> > I attempted to upgrade my server to 2.2.2 from 2.1.7 last night.
> > The install floppy identified both my SMC and 3C595 PCI Ethernet
> cards,
> > but was unable to use either one; it would time out when trying to
> > contact the DNS server.
> 
> You should be more specific about your setup.  Many people (including
> me) use these cards.  SMC is a fairly weak term: it can be anything
> between a WD8003 and a 100 Mbit/s card using the DEC chipset.
> 
> Make sure you've got the correct medium selected.  When in doubt,
> don't use autoselect, but use the DOS program accompanying the card,
> and force it to use BNC or UTP or whatever.
> 
> Also, watch the boot messages.  The drivers usually tell you what they
> think they have found.
> 
> -- 
> cheers, J"org
> 
> joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC:
> JW11-RIPE
> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)