Subject: RE: PWS 433a Ethernet problem?
To: Tom Haapanen <tomh@metrics.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/15/2001 14:10:40
	If there is not already one one, please submit one - even if it
	was not possible to fix it in software (which does not seem the
	case), it would need to be documented in the manpage etc :)

		David/absolute		-- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --


On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Tom Haapanen wrote:

> Olaf Seibert wrote:
> > I also have a PWS 433a, and I had the same at first when connecting to
> > my 10 mbit cable modem. After some trial and error, I found that setting
> > the media to 100baseTX (yes, that is not a typo) works. So in my
> > /etc/ifconfig.de0 I have:
> > inet a.b.c.d netmask 0xfffffc00
> > media 100baseTX
>
> Wow ... 100baseTX works on my 3Com 10baseT hub, too!  Thanks, Olaf!
>
> Is it worth submitting a PR for this?  Or is this something inherent to the
> hardware?
>
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> Tom Haapanen -- Software Metrics -- Waterloo, ON, Canada
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