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To: bef126@psu.edu
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Subject: Re: 3Com 3C905B XL
From: K Ueda <kueda@jupiter.qse.tohoku.ac.jp>
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There are two ways to go around.

1) FreeBSD 2.2.7 doesn't support the NIC by default, but 2.2.8 DOES.

2) You can get the patch to the kernel from
http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/~hanai/xl.tgz, and compile it.

I recommand (1).

Good luck.

-- 
Kazukiyo Ueda
Faculty of Engineering
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
email: kueda@jupiter.qse.tohoku.ac.jp


From: Brian Freeman <bef126@psu.edu>
Subject: 3Com 3C905B XL
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:11:15 -0500

> I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.7 on a new Dell computer (Pentium II 350)
> that has a 3Com905B XL NIC.  I cannot get FreeBSD to recognize the
> ethernet card.  Is this because FreeBSD does not support this card as of
> now or because I am doing something wrong?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> bef126@psu.edu
> 
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