Subject: Re: New SMC 10/100 card.
To: Neil J. McRae <neil@easynet.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/10/1996 13:42:58
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 20:25:31 +0000 
 "Neil J. McRae" <neil@easynet.net> wrote:

 > I've been able to compare the 2 cards side by side now. The chip on the
 > newer card, which is much more compact and has lost the 9 pin connector, is
 > labbelled 21140-AC. On the old card it is 21140-AB. 

I have a card similar to this:

de0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: DC21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.2
de0: Ethernet address 00:00:c0:e2:7b:e4
de0: enabling 10baseT UTP port
de0: interrupting at irq 9
de1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: DC21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
de1: Ethernet address 00:c0:f0:16:29:56
de1: enabling 100baseTX UTP port
de1: interrupting at irq 9

de0 is an SMC, which works fine.  de1 is a 21140 packaged by Kingston
Technology; note it mis-senses the 10/100 (it's plugged into a 10base-T
hub), and also does not communicate with the network.  There is only
a UTP connector, no 9-pin.

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