Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 10:03:42 +0100 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: FreeBSD mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ignorant networking Qs Message-ID: <20020203100342.L1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> In-Reply-To: <3C599EA2.14288.A9A8F00@localhost>; from torfinn.ingolfsen@oslo.online.no on Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 07:44:34PM %2B0100 References: <20020131035924.GA2301@burningclown.com> <3C599EA2.14288.A9A8F00@localhost>
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 19:44 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
>
> [ huh? attribution broken? please fix your mailer! ]
>
> > The card gets recognized fine. I notice, however, that when I unplug
> > the cable from the desktop and plug it into the dongle, the fourth LED
> > (marked 'enet') on my DSL modem goes out ... and does not come back
>
> [ ... ]
>
> Do you know that the 3Com card works at all? It sounds to me like
> either the card or the dongle for the card is broken.
ISTR it is a 3c589 you are talking about? Those I had (3c589D)
always failed to recognize the twisted pair connection, falling
back to BNC. Take a look at the ifconfig(8) and the rc.conf(5)
manpages and read how to add "media 10baseT/UTP" to your NIC
setup.
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