Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 22:58:55 -0800 From: rsoles@SIRIUS.COM (Roger L Soles) To: awd@ddg.com (Andrew W. Donoho), questions@FreeBSD.org, hardware@FreeBSD.org Cc: awd@ddg.com, rkw@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: ep Driver and the 3c509B-TPO Message-ID: <9501180652.AA20785@SIRIUS.COM>
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You should be able to boot DOS and run the 3C5X9cfg.exe program and disable auto-sensing; you can select whether you want the AUI, TP, or Coax on combos; or AUI/TP, AUI/Coax on other cards. It should work -- I don't have any problem running with the Combos. At 10:29 PM 1/17/95 -0600, Andrew W. Donoho wrote: >Folks, > >I was given an old clunker of a 386 box so that I could add DNS service to >my mostly Mac network. Not being an x86 expert, I purchased a 3Com ethernet >card, 3c509B-TPO (TPO stands for twisted pair only). It was "supported" by >FreeBSD 2.0, cheap ($99.00) and made by a reputable company. In any event, >the "B" version is apparently "different" from the older 3c509 in three >ways. > 1. Larger Buffers (4K -> 8K) > 2. Auto Media Sensing (It can tell if it is connected to a network). > 3. "Plug and Play" capability (This can be disabled in software.) > >In any event, FreeBSD 2.0 does not function with this card. I think that >the problem is probably the autosensing function since the card only >activates its 10baseT transceiver during its diagnostic tests. FreeBSD can >identify the card but not turn it on. The folks at 3com claim that it is >very simple to support the auto sensing function and that it can be done to >support both old and new cards with a single driver. Since this is the only >3c509 card that 3com is currently selling, I think it behooves us to >support it. > >Again, I am not a unix expert and only have this one old clunker of a >machine. But I'll help if I can... OTOH, 3Com will be happy to replace my >"B" card with the earlier version which will work with FreeBSD. > >Any ideas on how to get this card working with FreeBSD 2.0? > >Andrew Donoho >awd@ddg.com > > > > > > //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Roger L Soles // PO Box 280785 // San Francisco, CA 94124-0785
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