From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 3 06:47:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA13588 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 06:47:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kether.intellint.com (kether.intellint.com [198.178.173.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA13571 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 06:47:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alan@kether.intellint.com) Received: from [198.178.173.3] by kether.intellint.com with ESMTP (Apple Internet Mail Server 1.1.1); Wed, 3 Jun 1998 09:51:16 -0400 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <9806011637.AA10291@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca> References: <35702756.2F9E4370@kether.intellint.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 09:51:10 -0400 To: "Tim Yeung" From: "Alan M. Friedman" Subject: Re: ifconfig MEDIA error with param "media 10base2/BNC" Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This sounds VERY good, but I can't get the 3com software to work!!! Even when booting from a floppy (DOS v7.0) it still says 'Windows 95 detected . . . do an F8 and safe mode/console only' I can't seem to get the manual config (TR:BNC) to run. :-(( Any suggestions? It's version 5.4 of the 3c589x.EXE file. Thanks, Alan >I have the same problem with my EtherLink III ISA card on my >FreeBSD 2.2.5 before. > >You can give it a try by doing the following: >Boot your system from a DOS floppy and run the 3COM EtherLink setup >program. >Turn off the Auto media detect and manually set it to BNC. >Save the setting and restart the FreeBSD system. > > > >> Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 11:35:51 -0400 >> From: "Alan M. Friedman" >> Reply-to: alan@kether.intellint.com >> Organization: Intelligent Interfaces, Inc. >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: ifconfig MEDIA error with param "media 10base2/BNC" > >> I have an Etherlink III PCMCIA ethernet card and have >> installed the 980520 SNAP. Can anyone tell me why the >> following line gives an ifconfig ...MEDIA error: >> >> ifconfig zp0 inet 198.18.173.1 media 10base2/BNC >> >> The network can't get out past localhost, so I'm sure >> it's defaulting NOT to use the BNC connector which I'm >> using. >> >> The ifconfig man page is NO help. Where do I find >> the "interface drivers" info for an EtherLink III PCMCIA??? >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> With sincere thanks, >> Alan M. Friedman >> alan@kether.intellint.com >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message >> >Tim Yeung >PC System Specialist >Simulation and Training >DCIEM >mailto: tyeung@dciem.dnd.ca HTTP://www.dciem.dnd.ca > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message \_\_\_________________________________________ \_ \_\_\_ Unix, WindowsNT & Mac(h) | Alan M. Friedman - WA3MLK \_ \_ \_\_\_ C++/Java | Intelligent Interfaces, Inc. \_\_\_ \_ \_ Artificial Intelligence | (301) 299-6631|(301) 983-2211 \_\_\_ \_ Neural Netification | alan@kether.intellint.com \_\_\________________________| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message