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Date:      Sat, 08 Apr 2000 23:19:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: 3c589D followup, almost working.
Message-ID:  <200004090319.XAA09695@server.baldwin.cx>
In-Reply-To: <14575.61001.164212.921420@trooper.velocet.net>

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On 09-Apr-00 David Gilbert wrote:
> Ok... from my last message, we learned that the strange IO port of my
> pccard controller was 0xfcfc, and that the default irqs in
> /etc/pccard.conf are not for all people.  I've corrected this.
> 
> My laptop now recognises the card, does the DAD thing, and but from
> the link light on the card itself, it would appear that the driver
> turns it off almost immediately.  Issuing ifconfig ep0 down; ifconfig
> ep0 up will make the light wink, but the card remains unable to
> communicate.
> 
> There is something happening, because it will occaisionally report
> that it received a dhcp address, but a quick check of the interface
> right after this report shows that the address has not been assigned.
> 
> If I manually configure ep0, I am not able to transmit ethernet
> packets... and down-up'ing the interface still only makes the link
> light flash (where it normally, under PAO 3.1 stayed on solid).

Is it a combo card?  If so, you might have to set the media for it to
work right.

> Dave.

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