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Date:      Wed, 3 Jun 1998 01:12:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Clark Gaylord <gaylord@gaylord.async.vt.edu>
To:        dex@wankers.net (Dexnation Holodream)
Cc:        RHall@esigroup.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Newbie Install
Message-ID:  <199806030512.BAA12439@gaylord.async.vt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980602160523.13458A-100000@localhost> from Dexnation Holodream at "Jun 2, 98 04:06:44 pm"

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EtherLink II is the 3Com 503 and kin.  I don't recall if this is the one 
with the NE2000 driver (many 3Com are) or whether it has its own driver,
but it is there.  Look at ed0 driver.  The 16 refers to the 16-bit 
version, as opposed to the 8-bit version.

Clark

> That sounds an awful lot like a) you used the wrong driver, or b) it's a
> token ring card (16 TP is suspicious, since token can run at 16, but
> ethernet can't).
> 
> $.02 wasted...
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Roger Hall wrote:
> 
> > I have a 3 Com Etherlink II / 16 TP, but do not see this in the
> > configuration menu. I removed many other drivers listed in the network
> > section, due to conflicts, until two were left not conflicting. One is the
> > Intel and the other is 3c565.
> > 
> > Later, in the Novice install, Ethernet is not an option (only PPP & SLIP &
> > PLIP). 
> > 
> > I am trying to install using FTP over the internet, but I cannot make the
> > option show up...
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Roger Hall
> > Webmaster
> > http://www.esigroup.com
> > 501.666.4233.296

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