Subject: Re: Getting 3c590 to work with NetBSD 1.2 for the 386
To: Kevin McMahon <KevinMcMahon.96@alum.mit.edu>
From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/29/1997 12:02:13 
	Try:
ifconfig ep1 link0 link1
This should set the port to use the BNC connector.  
If not, try various combinations of link0 link1, link0 -link1, etc.
See the ep(4) man page for details.
-Brian

On Jan 28, 11:46am, Kevin McMahon wrote:
} Subject: Getting 3c590 to work with NetBSD 1.2 for the 386
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} I'm trying to install NetBSD on a Pentium with a 3c590 ethernet card.
} The card works with the Windows 95 installed on the disk.  The NetBSD
} kernel sees the card, assigns it ep1, and mentions the correct IRQ
} (11).  I do a ifconfig ep1 <ipaddr>, which works fine, but I can't ping
} anyone.  After a bit, it says
} "ping: sendto: Host is down".  I'm using the BNC connector on the card.
} In Windows 95, the driver says it using IRQ 11 and address 6000-601F.
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} Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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} <DT>I'm trying to install NetBSD on a Pentium with a 3c590 ethernet card.&nbsp;
} The card works with the Windows 95 installed on the disk.&nbsp; The NetBSD
} kernel sees the card, assigns it ep1, and mentions the correct IRQ (11).&nbsp;
} I do a ifconfig ep1 &lt;ipaddr&gt;, which works fine, but I can't ping
} anyone.&nbsp; After a bit, it says&nbsp;</DT>
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} <DT>&quot;ping: sendto: Host is down&quot;.&nbsp; I'm using the BNC&nbsp;connector
} on the card.&nbsp; In Windows 95, the driver says it using IRQ&nbsp;11
} and address 6000-601F.&nbsp;</DT>
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} <DT>Any help would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp;</DT>
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