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Date:      Mon, 22 Jun 1998 14:29:47 -0500
From:      Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>
To:        Mark D Smith <msmith@revolution.3-cities.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ethernet/DEC 21143-PA chip probs
Message-ID:  <19980622142947.A27571@mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <199806221629.JAA05089@revolution.3-cities.com>; from Mark D Smith on Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 09:29:17AM -0700
References:  <199806221629.JAA05089@revolution.3-cities.com>

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I have had to specify the media with some cards that use the de
driver.

ifconfig de0 media 10baseT/UTP or whatever media you have.
man de for the different media types.

paul

Mark D Smith (msmith@revolution.3-cities.com) wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have an Adaptec ANA6911A/TX (Was Cogent) ethernet card based on the
> DEC 21143-PA chip.  The following is an excerpt out of my messages file.
> I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.6R off of the Walnut creek CD set.
> 
> I KNOW that the card, hub and connection is good because I can use it 
> under Windoze 95 and NT. 
> 
> What can I do to fix this, or is there a fix??
> 
> Jun 20 20:35:30 mark /kernel.GENERIC: de0 <Digital 21143 Fast Ethernet> 
>  rev 33 int a irq 15 on pci0:9:0
> Jun 20 20:35:30 mark /kernel.GENERIC: de0: 21143 [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.1
> Jun 20 20:35:30 mark /kernel.GENERIC: de0: address 00:00:d1:0f:e5:3d
> [serious snippage]
> Jun 20 20:35:34 mark /kernel.GENERIC: de0: enabling 10baseT port
> Jun 20 20:35:34 mark /kernel.GENERIC: de0: link down: cable problem?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark
> 
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