Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 22:16:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Alex Boisvert <alex@gel.usherb.ca> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D-Link ethernet and Thinkpad Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980605221020.484A-100000@teel.info-noire.com> In-Reply-To: <199806051046.MAA11282@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 on a Thinkpad 701C. I use the PAO > > (for 2.2.6) disk as a boot disk and it recognizes my ethernet PC-card > > correctly: it's a D-Link DE-650CT. > ... > > see the message "Login in ftp@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" and the "send" LED flashing > > on the laptop's connection but the "receive" LED never flashes. My > > [snip] > This card (at least mine) does not have auto media select, and defaults to > using the UTP media. There is a dos/windows program which allows you to > set the media. It is fairly short (about 1KB) so i am looking at it. > [snip] > so, our only option thus far is to switch to windows, run the program, > and hope that the configuration is persistent :) > Thank you Luigi, you hit right in the bullseye! (sp?) I changed the default media to Coax instead of UTP and everything worked fine (I only had to boot DOS from a floppy and run the little 1k utility) PS: How did you know I was using Coax instead of UTP? ;-) I owe you one... Alex. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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