Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:27:16 +0900 (JST) From: Arizona Coyote <coyote@ratbert.aisol.net> To: Don Wallwork <don.wallwork@stelhq.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com Etherlink III 3C589D PCMCIA Card Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970927092238.10816A-100000@ratbert> In-Reply-To: <342ACE62.15B0@stelhq.com>
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Hi,
According to the compatibility docs somewhere on www.freebsd.org, you will
find that the D revision of the 3c589 is not supported by 2.2.2. However,
it *is* supported by 3.0. I have a Thinkpad with the 3C589D and I was
able to install 3.0 without nay problems. The boot disk recognized my
ethernet card and I installed it over the 'Net. According to the FreeBSD
docs, the D-revision had major changes which required a different driver.
BTW, the driver, if it works, will be zp0.
Note, that with 3.0 you do not need the PAO patches to get the card to
work. Also, as a FreeBSD/laptop user, you might want to subscribe to
freebsd-mobile. It gets less traffic than freebsd-questions, and most of
the information is relevant to laptops users.
Mark
On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Don Wallwork wrote:
> Trying to get my 3C859D card up and running, but I can't seem to
> get it going.
>
> System info:
> NEC Versa 2635CD Notebook
> Pentium 133
> 16M RAM
> FreeBSD Version 2.2.2
>
> PCMCIA info:
> 3Com Etherlink III 3C589D
> IRQ 10
> Driver: ep0
>
> I have been through the FAQ's & mailing list archives for FreeBSD &
> PAO, installed the PAO patch, but so far nothing has worked.
>
> The following items were checked:
> The pccardd daemon correctly recognizes insertion and
> removal of the card. (No problems w/ IRQ allocation)
>
> Ifconfig shows the correct settings for the PC.
>
> Netstat -rn shows the correct routing table entries.
>
> Tcpdump is able to see network traffic, but when you
> exit tcpdump, it reports that about 1/3 of the packets
> were dropped by the kernel.
>
> The problem is that you can't contact another host. e.g.: Ping to a
> remote machine fails. (About 1 in 300000 packets get a response.)
>
> Any suggestions? I could definitely get another card if that is the
> problem, but I want to make sure that the card that I switch to will
> work. Are there any preferred cards?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Wallwork
> Stanford Telecom
> Sunnyvale, CA
>
Mark Andres E-mail: coyote@ratbert.aisol.net
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