Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:42:23 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NEC Versa LX and 3COM Megahertz Message-ID: <3DBF551F.7040304@rogers.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210290605110.2859-100000@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Mike Jeays wrote: > > >>I have a NEC Versa LX (Pentium 200), with a 3Com Megahertz >>combined Ethernet and modem PCMCIA card (3CCFEM556 B). >> >>The Ethernet part works fine under a well-known proprietary >>OS, but FreeBSD 4.7 refuses to see it on boot-up. I have >>fiddled with the BIOS options, but have had no success. >> >>Any suggestions, including alternative, inexpensive PCMCIA >>cards that are known to work? > > > That card is listed in /etc/defaults/pccard.conf, so it's been known to > work. Do you have > > pccard_enable="YES" > > in /etc/rc.conf? You may also need to limit which interrupts are > available by creating a /etc/pccard.conf file which lists them. > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > > Thanks very much - that did the trick perfectly. There was no need to create pccard.conf. What is more, the card runs at 100 Mbits/sec, whereas W2K can only manage 10. One up for FreeBSD yet again! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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