From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jun 4 11:59:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA20782 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:59:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cdsnet.net (mail.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA20777 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:59:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from johndoe (1Cust30.Max13.Boston.MA.MS.UU.NET [153.35.75.158]) by mail.cdsnet.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA13357; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 11:59:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970604145811.00b5cf28@ranier.altavista-software.com> X-Sender: 3ampop@ranier.altavista-software.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 14:58:11 -0400 To: Michael Beckmann From: Matt Thomas Subject: Re: SMC EtherPower 10/100 on 10BaseT network Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970604153456.00cdee50@mail.nacamar.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 03:34 PM 6/4/97 +0200, you 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 ? Use the driver at http://www.3am-software.com/de-970603.tar.gz (or de-970513.tar.gz; the 970603 version has an improved transmit path which results in better performance). -- Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message