From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 15 22:54:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA06362 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:54:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA06354 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:54:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA03307; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:53:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:53:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need setup for Intel Etherexpress Pro/10 BNC port In-Reply-To: <199709142348.TAA18720@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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