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Date:      Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:52:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mike Reeh <michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org>
To:        Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIC w/ DEC 21140 chipset (follwup reply #2)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980726135146.4258A-100000@ss454.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OS2.3.95.980726181732.161A-100000@CENTRAL>

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Well I guess I should start RTFM'ing eh? there are references to the media
selection in both the 'ed' and 'ifconfig' interface... I guess you live &
learn. thanks a ton for your help

mike reeh
michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org

On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Andrew MacIntyre wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Mike Reeh wrote:
> 
> > ed0 drivers are for the 10/100 pci DEC 21040 chipset NIC, but has anyone
> > gotten a pci fast NIC w/ the 21140-xx set to work? the 2.2.7 drivers seem
> > a little different, but im not sure. more over, has anyone used the
> > drivers w/ a 10Mb connection? (tp/rj45 if it makes a difference)
> 
> de0 I think you mean?  This also supports the 21140.  I've just installed
> 2.2.7 via an el cheapo card with a 21140-AB on 10BaseT (actually an FTP
> install at that).  The only gotcha for this particular card was the need
> to specify the media type explicitly ('media 10BaseT/UTP' is the ifconfig
> option I recall using), even though the boot messages seem to indicate it
> being initialised to 10BaseT.  I seem to recall prior list traffic noting
> that many of these cards don't probe/initialise totally automatically.
> 
> --
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