On Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:32:09 +0930 (CST) 
 blymn@baea.com.au (Brett Lymn) wrote:

 > ifconfig de0 media bnc 
 > 
 > then I get the following error:
 > 
 > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured

What is the output of "ifconfig -m de0"?  That will list the kernel's
idea of the supported media.

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