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Date:      Mon, 18 May 1998 04:27:04 +0300 (EET DST)
From:      Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3C905
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.980518042625.26756A-100000@avrasya.ispro.net.tr>
In-Reply-To: <355F63DC.A82D90BF@softweyr.com>

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well I set the ethernet card to 10mbits from the dos utility...
also I use some HP hubs...


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On Sun, 17 May 1998, Wes Peters wrote:

> Evren Yurtesen and Wes Peters conversed thusly:
> > > > I have an 3c905 ethernet adapter,
> > > >
> > > > normally I use an ne2000 compatible isa adapter...
> > > > but when I take it out and put 3c905 and configure networking
> > > > it does not want to work...
> > > > well at startup it finds the ethernet as vx0 device
> > > >
> > > > what can be going bad?
> > >
> > > Your network interface in /etc/rc.conf only has "ed0".  Change the
> > > ed0 setting to vx0 and all *should be* fine.
> > >
> > I already changed it :)
> > but it did not help any...
> 
> What link speed is the card using, and what kind of hub do you have 
> it plugged into?  I've heard others mention that automagic link speed
> detection often doesn't work on the vx driver.  You may need to set 
> the speed using the DOS setup program if this is the problem.  (I 
> think the dmesg output will tell you what speed the driver is trying
> to use.)
> 
> -- 
>        "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
> http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com
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