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Date:      Mon, 4 Jun 2001 02:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net>
To:        "Georg-W. Koltermann" <gwk@sgi.com>
Cc:        Erick Kinnee <erick@kinnee.net>, <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Xircom RealPort Cardbus Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106040222440.229-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com>
In-Reply-To: <lthn17oj4c4.wl@hunter.munich.sgi.com>

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On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote:

> Gordon Tetlow wrote:
> >
> > Yup. I have a RBEM56G-100 that works great (except crashing the machine if
> > I take it out) under -current. The ethernet works out of the box with the
> > if_dc driver and the modem works with a patch to the sio driver. Search
> > the -mobile list for Xircom and sio. There's a patch that Warner and
> > another person discuss.
>
> That's interesting (the if_dc working).  I had problems with a CISCO,
> while I could network with a UNIX box just fine.  Windows 2000 has no
> problems with the card, even with a CISCO.  See my attached posting.
> Maybe the difference is that I have a CBEM56G while you possibly have
> a RBEM56G?

duplex mismatch? Cisco's are notorious for totally botching
autonegotiation. Other than that, I was under the impression that the CBEM
was the same as the RBEM just in a different packaging. Could be wrong
though.

-gordon


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