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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:02:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Ray <rayk@worldfront.com>
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Subject: Re: 3c509 NIC
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On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Ray wrote:

> Hi:
> Im a new user to FreeBSD and have just configured my first machine a
> P100 with a 3c905 Nic card. On boot up the following message appears,
> " Strange Connector Type on EEPROM using UTP(forced)". The interface
> comes up and the IP address can be pinged locally. However, another
> computer, running NT, which is connected directly through a crossover
> cable cannot be seen by the BSD machine and visa versa. The machine
> running BSD is dual bootable with Win98. When used in Win98 mode the
> interface with the same cable configuration works fine. Could you
> advise.

1.  Use the card's setup program to force the connector type to UTP 
    (take it OFF of `auto'). 
2.  Try running a ping from the NT box and run `tcpdump' on the FreeBSD
    machine and see if you can hear anything.  You may need to rebuild
    your kernel with bpfilter support.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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