Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 19:49:23 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kirchner <dpk@notreal.com> To: support@gwis.com Cc: support@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 is not working with supposedly supported SMC card Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970611194834.6789A-100000@nowhere.notreal.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970611194523.14625D-100000@gwis.com>
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Try adding '-link2' to your ifconfig line. That disables 100baseTX, so it uses 10baseT. -dpk On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Dan Roberts wrote: > I'm building a new news server for my ISP, and we chose the SMC EtherPower > 10/100 (Model 9332) because it came highly recommended, especially for use > with FreeBSD. Today I assembled the machine and made the boot floppy for > 2.2.2.. when the machine powered up, the link light came on, however as > soon as the boot up went by and de0: device was detected, the link light > went out and the ethernet card ceased to operate. I substituted a cheap > NE2000 card to install the OS, and then tried compiling my own custom > kernel, replaced the card and the same thing happened.
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