From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 07:04:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2992916A4CF for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:04:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A308743D5A for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:04:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7V74tmp062661; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)i7V74r9u062658; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gaff.hhhr.ision.net: ohoyer owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer Sender: ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net To: stheg olloydson In-Reply-To: <20040831052509.10858.qmail@web53905.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20040831090108.J62631@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <20040831052509.10858.qmail@web53905.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: altonwong78@hotmail.com Subject: Re: 3Com Etherlink III ISA support [was Question] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:04:56 -0000 On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, stheg olloydson wrote: > >>I used that card in 2.2.2. (My first FBSD install!) As I remember, I > >>had to run a 3Com DOS utility to set the physical parameters > >>manually. Then I configured FreeBSD to use those settings. > >>I would think later versions would support that card, as well. You > >>probably just need to do what I did. If you don't have the 3Com > >>disk, you can download what you need from their site. > > Hello, > > Please keep the list in the loop. > Hold on there! I didn't say to run 2.2.2. It was nice back in the day, > but if you were to run it now, the Huns would sack your village. What I > meant to communicate is you should use the 3Com software to configure > the NIC manually and then enter that configuration - if needed - when > setting up your interface. Hi! Well, I once also used an old 509b, it had to be manually set up via DOS bootdisk, it turned out to be best practice to set it to manual IRQ configuration, so that you know what you have turned, you also had to set IIRC the right connector manually. those cards are supported via the ep(4) driver, xl(4), as stated in another posting, is for PCI cards. These cards can be a pain, they only support half duplex and can easily hook a system when the get lots of broadcast... Otherwise, in recent versions of FreeBSD the ep driver should have been improved, so I suggest trying a recent 4.10-Release on that box. HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@ohoyer.de Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)