Re: Netgear FA411

[Helge Muehlmeier <H_Muehlmeier%gmx.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 02:10:38PM -0800, Tim Howe wrote:
> I have a Netgear FA411 pcmcia ethernet card.

It would be nice to know what chipset is in that card...

> When NetBSD (5.0.1) boots, it says:

Is the system installed or do you try to install the system by using
that card?

> ne1 at pcmcia1 function 0: <NETGEAR, FA411m Fast Ethernet>
> ne2: where did the card go?

How many ethernet cards do you have? More than one?

Is it possible to send your dmesg and kernel-massages (tail -f
/var/log/messages) if you attach that pcmcia card?

> The man page says that this means "The driver found the card, but was unable
> to make the card respond to complete the configuration sequence".
> 
> I am confident that the card works, as I have been using it in OpenBSD.
> 
> I found an email from 2001 that suggests the card is supported:
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2001/09/18/0010.html

Hm... There was asked about FA411... Not FA411m... Maybe that card have
an other chipset?!

Greetings,
Helge