Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:53:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need setup for Intel Etherexpress Pro/10 BNC port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970915225243.3290C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709142348.TAA18720@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
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On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys wrote: > I have been trying to bring up a local network at home using an Intel > Etherexpress II Pro/10 card as ex0. It comes up using the TPE port > (twisted pair) and I would like to switch it to the BNC port. The board > is supposed to autosense, but did not seem to, correctly. > > Ifconfig gives me an incantation error using ``media 10base2/BNC'' > and ``link2'' does not seem to do it either, because it comes back on > the next reboot with twisted pair, again. Hm, this driver is quite new and probably needs some care. Have you tried forcing the media type through the setup utility? > Can anyone suggest the correct incantation of ifconfig to bring it up > on the BNC coax port, or is there a different/better/optimal way to do it? have you tried link0 and link1 too? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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