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Date:      Sat, 4 Oct 1997 21:13:29 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
To:        Jim King <jim.king@mail.sstar.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   DE21140-AE in 2.2.5
Message-ID:  <199710050313.VAA07177@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19971002102621.009a3790@mail.sstar.com>
References:  <3.0.1.32.19971002102621.009a3790@mail.sstar.com>

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Jim King writes:
 > The boot disk from 2.2-971002-BETA doesn't like my Netgear Fast Ethernet card:
 > 
 > de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 34 int a irq 9 on pci0:17
 > de0: 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
 > de0: address 00:40:05:37:e8:f7
 > de0: enabling 100baseTX port
 > 
 > As soon as this message appears the link light on the hub goes out.
 > Network stuff doesn't work in the install program.  As soon as I exit the
 > install program the link light on the hub comes on.
 > 
 > Is there an ifconfig option to make this card work?

You don't mention if the hub is 10Base-T or 100Base-TX.  Fast or not?

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          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com



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