On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 23:02:13 +1100  Giles Lean wrote:

>        ex0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0: 3Com 3c905B-TX 10/100 Ethernet
>        ex0: interrupting at irq 9
>        ex0: MAC address 00:10:5a:1b:a3:b1
>        exphy0 at ex0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
>        exphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

I spoke too soon; the card still doesn't work.  Now it determines
correctly what it is connected to but then goes quiet (no lights) and
ifconfig says 'no carrier'.

# ifconfig ex0
ex0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT)
        status: no carrier

Playing with the media selection didn't help.  Not surprised; it was
plugged into a 10baseT hub and had worked that much out.

In a -current machine (100baseTX crossover cable to a Intel
EtherExpress Pro, GENERIC kernel from the end of December):

ex0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier
	...

I'd wonder if it was a faulty card except that it works for NT and
Tony Hernandez has one, and there's an instance in the archives too:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2000/01/24/0005.html

I gave up on making the card work 'in situ' and dragged it home; it is
now in a crash and burn -current machine where it fails to work with
100baseTX with a crossover cable.

I will henceforth ignore the @#$! thing. :-)

Regards,

Giles