From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 26 13:53:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05220 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:53:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ss454.dyn.ml.org (putc7159011.cts.com [204.216.159.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05212 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:53:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Received: from localhost (michaelr@localhost) by ss454.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA04260; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:52:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:52:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Reeh To: Andrew MacIntyre cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC w/ DEC 21140 chipset (follwup reply #2) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well I guess I should start RTFM'ing eh? there are references to the media selection in both the 'ed' and 'ifconfig' interface... I guess you live & learn. thanks a ton for your help mike reeh michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Andrew MacIntyre wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Mike Reeh wrote: > > > ed0 drivers are for the 10/100 pci DEC 21040 chipset NIC, but has anyone > > gotten a pci fast NIC w/ the 21140-xx set to work? the 2.2.7 drivers seem > > a little different, but im not sure. more over, has anyone used the > > drivers w/ a 10Mb connection? (tp/rj45 if it makes a difference) > > de0 I think you mean? This also supports the 21140. I've just installed > 2.2.7 via an el cheapo card with a 21140-AB on 10BaseT (actually an FTP > install at that). The only gotcha for this particular card was the need > to specify the media type explicitly ('media 10BaseT/UTP' is the ifconfig > option I recall using), even though the boot messages seem to indicate it > being initialised to 10BaseT. I seem to recall prior list traffic noting > that many of these cards don't probe/initialise totally automatically. > > -- > Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." > E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 > andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 > Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message