Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 01:24:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Greg Miller <gmiller@mci.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question about AT-1700 ethernet card Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980122011948.6146G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199801201654.LAA14255@postoffice.Reston.mci.net>
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On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Greg Miller wrote: > >What type of card is this? (isa, pci?) > > Sorry. It's ISA. Also, I just realized that it's actually an AT-1700T Plus, > not just a vanilla AT-1700. Does that matter? I've never heard of it, so I'm more interested in what class of drivers this could land in. (The plus may connote that it's a NE2000+ -compatible card, which is not supported.) > >I'd suggest trying the ed device driver first; it's pretty generic. > > I tried the ed0 driver, after first changing the card's settings to > IRQ 5 > port addr 0x280 > boot rom addr 0xd8000 > > The installation program still doesn't recognize the card. Then try the lnc0 device next. After that....:-/ > I have another card that also doesn't work. It's a 3Com 3C509B. I have a > plain 3C509 that does work, but the rev B card isn't recognized when using > the 3C509 driver. Any suggestions? The B isn't significant (unlike for other cards). . Verify the card's settings with INSTALL/3c5x9cfg. . Turn Plug&Pray off with INSTALL/3C5X9CFG. > In general, I'm having trouble finding > cards that are listed on the list of supported hardware. They seem to be > older cards that have been replaced by newer revs. Any help will be > appreciated. I have a good list for PCI cards, but not really for ISA. The best thing in the ISA department I can recommend are stock generic ISA NE2000s with Plug&Pray turned off. We have a (thankfully) pre-PnP one in our main server (486/25sx) and it's chugging along quite nicely :-) 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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