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Date:      Sat, 23 May 1998 22:49:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Luiz Souza Silva <isilva@iis.com.br>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 3Com 3C590...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980523224907.9142J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980520195605.30740A-100000@home.iis.com.br>

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On Wed, 20 May 1998, Luiz Souza Silva wrote:

> > Check your cabling.  Poor cabling will introduce lots of errors at
> > 100mbit.
> 
> 	I did lot's of tests with different cables and I got no success.
> :(
> 
> 
> > Is the 590 really a 100mbit card?
> 
> 	Nope, I wrote the wrong number, the correct ethercard is 3Com
> 3c905, 3Com calls it "Vortex Series"...

I don't think the vx driver supports 100mbit at this time.  the 3c905B is
currently unsupported too.

> 	I read somewhere in the FAQ that the driver for 3c905 is
> still buggy, but is there a newer version of that? I'm using FreeBSD
> version 2.2.2 stable.

It's currently undergoing a rewrite.

> Ps: Wow! You guys reply really fast!

We try.  :)

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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