From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 4 10:17:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA11383 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 10:17:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA11378 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 10:17:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id KAA18640; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 10:16:50 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199706041716.KAA18640@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: SMC EtherPower 10/100 on 10BaseT network In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970604153456.00cdee50@mail.nacamar.de> from Michael Beckmann at "Jun 4, 97 03:34:56 pm" To: beckmann@nacamar.de (Michael Beckmann) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 10:16:50 -0700 (PDT) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 I haven't seen the Rev C card with the 21140-AE chip yet, but you could try adding a ``-link2'' to your ifconfig statement which should force the card into 10BaseT mode. > 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 ? Does the card report itself as an ``SMC9332BDT'' during the boot, or is it comming up as a generic 21140 card? Ie, can you send us the dmesg output for it? -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD