Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:48:00 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to select media for PCMIA combo network card? Message-ID: <199709170318.MAA00339@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:00:04 MST." <199709170100.SAA05947@austin.polstra.com>
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> I got a new IBM ThinkPad 560 today, and I'm trying to get FreeBSD > installed using the network card. I'm completely ignorant about > this stuff, as will soon become apparant. It still isn't the greatest, believe me. > The network card is a LinkSys PCMIA combo card (NE2000 compatible). > I got it instead of the 3c589 because (a) Mike Smith raves about the > NE2000 compatibles for laptops, (b) I couldn't find the Accton card > that he recommends all the time, (c) it's listed as a supported card > under PAO, and (d) I figured my first choice would be the wrong one, > so I decided to start with the cheap card instead of the expensive > one. :-) Sounds pretty logical to me. 8) > Next I tried the latest PAO boot floppy. It did recognize the card > and set it up with the ed0 driver, as expected. I started the > emergency holographic shell and was able to ifconfig the card and so > forth. So far so good. Ok. Note that this is bypassing the code in sysinstall that's meant to do that. > So ... is there a way to select the media for this card? I tried > "link2" on the ifconfig line, and it didn't make any difference. > For fun, I tried various combinations of "link1" and "link0" also. There's no standard mechanism for selecting the media on an NE2000 clone. The Accton cards that I rave about do it automagically (you can swap between the two with impunity, and it Just Works). Is there any sort of "DOS setup" program with the card? mike
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