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From: Glen W Mann <gmann@itw.com>
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> From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de>
> GWMANN@ccmail.monsanto.com writes:
> >
> >      Hello all.
> >
> >      We are converting from IPX and NETBluey to TCP/IP.  So far we have an
> >      NT server running TCP/IP with one connected NT client (works fine).
> >      However, we have no router, nor a DNS (we are not yet connected to the
> >      net).
> >
> >      My FreeBSD box is P/75 32MB RAM, with 3C509 NIC at 340/IRQ 10.  On
> >      boot FreeBSD finds the NIC no problem, and does not pause on the add
> >      gateway or sendmail startups, "ifconfig -a" shows the following:
[kachunk]
> I'd guess that you have the board set up wrong.  Wrong port, perhaps?
> Check the man page for ep:
> 
>      The default port to use is the BNC. To choose an alternate port, use the
>      following flag combinations with ifconfig(8) or in your /etc/hostname.ep?
>      file.
> 
>      -link0                Use the BNC port (default).
> 
>       link0 -link1         Use the AUI port.
> 
>       link0  link1         Use the UTP port.
> 
> Greg
> 

Thank you doctor.  Right problem, though I couldn't find man or apropos
anything for ep.  (I'm still running 2.1.0 that could be why.) In man
ifconfig, links are stated to be to enable or disable special link
processing for SLIP etc.  Quite vague = I'm lost.  I also don't have a
/etc/hostname.ep? file.  I got the card to work by using the 3c5x9cfg.exe
DOS program and changing the interface type (?from memory) from automatic
to TP (R45).  In /etc/sysconfig removed all the link stuff from
ifconfig_ep0.  Thanks for all the answers. 

Now on to my hangover ehhh..

Glen
   "Ah yes - THIS is the beauty of the net.  Good OS and good people."