> >>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Klaus <uklaus@hgb-leipzig.de> writes:
> 
>     Uwe> I want to use the AUI port of a Realtek 8029 nic.
>     Uwe> The card is recognised by the kernel as follows:
> 
>     Uwe> I tried all three connectors, only BNC works (TP, AUI not). 
>     Uwe> Is there a trick to use the AUI port ?
> 
> Possibly. I'm not familiar with this particular card. However I do
> know that some PC ethernet cards require switches or connector blocks
> to be set on the card to choose which type of ethernet to use. (Or
> tell the card to auto-switch between those types.) I've also seen some
No, there arenīt switches on board.

> 3com cards which require BIOS settings to be changed before they can
> auto-switch between different styles of ethernet. For these, you boot
> first from a vendor-supplied floppy to diddle the BIOS or some
> settings in the card's firmware. Check the documentation to see if any
> of these apply to your card. Hope this helps.
Yes, Realtek provides a plain dos program on their web pages to modify the BIOS 
incl. the media type. I didnīt expect such thing for PCI cards.

Thanks for your advise.
Uwe