From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Apr 17 12: 8:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from freesbee.wheel.dk (freesbee.wheel.dk [193.162.159.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3AA537B443 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:08:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jesper@skriver.dk) Received: by freesbee.wheel.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 381055D60; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:08:47 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:08:47 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver To: Doug Wilson Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: please help with pcmcia nic... Message-ID: <20010417210847.L23398@skriver.dk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com on Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:30:29PM -0700 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B88 9CE8 66E9 E631 C9C5 5EB4 22AB F0EC F956 1C31 X-PGP-Public-Key: http://freesbee.wheel.dk/~jesper/gpgkey.pub Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:30:29PM -0700, Doug Wilson wrote: > Hi list! > > I bought a 3Com Megahertz Model 3CCFE575BT 10/100 Base-TX PCMCIA nic the > same day I bought the Power Pack. Never have I got that stupid card to work > with FreeBSD! It's a cardbus card, which is only supported in -current (I use one right now), cardbus is not supported in FreeBSD 4.x > 1) is there a way to get this card happy with FreeBSD, or... Only by running -current, not something I would recommend, unless you know what you're doing. > 2) what cards are supported by FreeBSD? There is mention of a 3Com 3C589 > card in (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-hw.html), but I've never > actually found that card on the open market. My brother use a 574 card without problems. > When I was at the store, I was going to buy that card listed at the top, or > a Netgear. But I remember someone saying how it is best to buy 3Com as they > are usually compatible. Were they wrong? Have a look at /etc/defaults/pccard.conf, most (all ?) the cards there should work. /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456 Work: Network manager @ AS3292 (Tele Danmark DataNetworks) Private: FreeBSD committer @ AS2109 (A much smaller network ;-) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message