From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 4 08:54:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA06210 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 08:54:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.116.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA06202 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 08:54:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.31.2]) by Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (RBI-Z-5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA04733; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 17:54:31 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.8.5/8.6.9) id RAA03967; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 17:57:26 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <19970604175725.20973@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 17:57:25 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies To: Michael Beckmann Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMC EtherPower 10/100 on 10BaseT network References: <3.0.1.32.19970604153456.00cdee50@mail.nacamar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69e In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970604153456.00cdee50@mail.nacamar.de>; from Michael Beckmann on Wed, Jun 04, 1997 at 03:34:56PM +0200 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jun 04, 1997 at 03:34:56PM +0200, Michael Beckmann wrote: > Greetings, > > I have obtained an SMC EtherPower 10/100 Rev. C Ethernet card with a > Digital 21140-AE chip. When the system is booted, the link state on the > 10BaseT hub is dropped. The card is switched to 100BaseTX mode. I searched > the mailing list archives, but haven't found messages relevant to this > issue. Anybody know how to force the card into 10BaseT mode ? Wasn't it to use the link2 vs. -link2 flag to the ifconfig command? > > Thanks, > > Michael -- -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de