Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 01:01:28 +0300 (EET DST) From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3C905 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980518005205.21754D-100000@avrasya.ispro.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <19980517224620.37900@follo.net>
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well on the ethernet card there writes 3c905-tx
I guess it is not 3c905b...
also when I use the same card in a new installation session it works...
and also the utility of the ethernet card says that it works
when I try to look at man vx it says
The vx driver provides support for the 3Com 3c590 and 3c595 EtherLink III
and Fast EtherLink III PCI Ethernet cards in 10 Mbps mode. The
medium selection can be influenced by the following link flags to the
ifconfig(8) command:
well do this means that I can't use that ethernet card at 100 Mbps?
at startup it says
vx0 <3COM 3C905 Fast Etherlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:11:0
mii[*mii*]: disable 'auto select' with DOS util! address 00:60:08:50:ae:5e
but I guess this does not mean that it is not working...
because when I install FreeBSD on a new machine it says the same when
it is booting up but then the ethernet card works...
and the setup utility of the ethernet card does not let me change anything
including the irq and the address...
On Sun, 17 May 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> On Sun, May 17, 1998 at 11:41:41PM +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> > 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?
>
> That you don't have a 3C905, but a 3C905B, most likely. They're
> (significantly) different cards.
>
> Another possible problem is that you haven't set up the correct port
> (TP/AUI/BNC) - 'man vx' for details. Also, having the wrong IRQ may
> give "just doesn't work" symptoms. Without more details, it is hard
> to be of help.
>
> Besides which this question should go to FreeBSD-questions; moved
> there.
>
> Eivind.
>
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