In message <000301bf6a11$26ee4140$0100a8c0@jennifer>, "Tony Hernandez" writes:
> I have a 3com 3c905b-TX card in my system and I need to get it working , but
> I have been running into a peculiar problem.  After my initial network file
> configuration and reboot. ifconfig out putted that the media type on my card
> was "none". looking at this and then at the hub noticing there was no link
> light I then tied to get the right media into ifconfig. So I tried the
> following:
> ifconfig ex0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT up
> ifconfig ex0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 media UTP up
> 
> and both exclaimed the:
> 
>  SCIOIFMEDIA Device not configured

To repeat something that has been pointed out before -- the 3c905s don't 
always come up properly if you're reset-booting after running Windows or (I 
think) Linux.  You need to power-cycle first.  (This is also BIOS-dependent; 
some BIOSes do a better job of resetting them.)

		--Steve Bellovin