Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:30:01 -0800 (PST) From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/18336: 3C905B-COMBO cannot find 10base-2 LAN Message-ID: <200201131830.g0DIU1g56997@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/18336; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: misc/18336: 3C905B-COMBO cannot find 10base-2 LAN Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:20:06 +0000 Adding to the audit trail: In message <3C218D44.6DB791A6@twcny.rr.com>, Tom Parquette writes: >iedowse@FreeBSD.org wrote: > >> Synopsis: 3C905B-COMBO cannot find 10base-2 LAN >> >> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback >> State-Changed-By: iedowse >> State-Changed-When: Sun Dec 2 13:02:58 PST 2001 >> State-Changed-Why: >> >> Does this still occur? I'm not sure if autonegotiation for 10base-2 >> media is supposed to work on these cards, but adding the "media >> 10base2/BNC" setting to the "ifconfig_xl0" line in /etc/rc.conf >> should work around the issue. >> >> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=18336 > >Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. >This grew out of, IMHO, an interaction between the 3C905B and a 3C900 >card I had in the same machine. >When I took the 3C900 out of the box, the problem disappeared. While >this was not a conclusive test, I put the 3C900 in another machine and >the 3C900 worked. > >Once I took the 3C900 card out, the 3C905B would figure out, correctly, >what media type it was connected to. > >With the 3C900 card in place even the media command would not get the >3C905B to recognize the 10base-2 connection. > >I no longer use both of these cards in the same machine. >I "fixed" the problem by avoiding the problem. >Sorry I can't be more help. >Cheers... > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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