Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:05:26 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: <Joe.Warner@smed.com>, "Jason La" <jasonla_@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3Com C509 Ethernet Problem Message-ID: <005e01bff712$ef408c00$837e03cb@DOUGY> References: <85256927.0057F95C.00@Deimos.smed.com>
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I've been using the generic 3-com 507 thingy for 509 cards and its always worked perfectly for me ... at least a dozen boxes with 509's running around Brisbane OZ for months with 3.2 & 4.0 and never a sign of problems with ye olde 509's :) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Joe.Warner@smed.com> To: "Jason La" <jasonla_@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:02 AM Subject: Re: 3Com C509 Ethernet Problem > > > Have you compiled the support for this NIC into your kernel? If not, you > may want to start > here-->http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html > > Cheers > > Joe > > > > |--------+-----------------------> > | | "Jason La" | > | | <jasonla_@hot| > | | mail.com> | > | | | > | | 07/25/00 | > | | 09:50 AM | > | | | > |--------+-----------------------> > >--------------------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG | > | cc: (bcc: Joe Warner/SMS) | > | Subject: 3Com C509 Ethernet Problem | > >--------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > I have fbsd 4.0 and tried to install it on my machine with a 3Com c509 NIC. > However, when I do a dmesg, fbsd says that the eprom is not read or not > responding on the device ep0. The card works fine under linux and under > fbsd > 3.1. I have turned off plug-and-play on the NIC > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Jason La > jasonla_@hotmail.com > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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