RE: D-Link DFE 650 Problems

["Chris Silva" <bitsurfer@makeworld.com>]

... Not to mention, the DFE-650 (PCMCIA) is a FAST ETHER (didnt know that
100 meg was do-able under 10 base 5)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org]On Behalf Of
> Nick Holland
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 6:42 PM
> To: Misc @OpenBSD
> Subject: Re: D-Link DFE 650 Problems
>
>
> Combining these two responses and something I am remembering...
>
> Could it be that the PCMCIA card you have has both BNC and TP
> connectors?  I have a dim memory of someone saying here in the past
> that OpenBSD had some trouble with auto media detection on some PCMCIA
> cards, so you might need a media specifier to say use the 10BASE-T (or
> Coax) cable.  This *might* explain why you got the same error Rick
> Pettit got with his machine disconnected from the cable under OpenBSD
> but everything works under Windows.
>
> Just a thought from someone who hasn't played with the stuff in
> question (but can't keep his big mouth shut/fat fingers silent).
>
> Nick.
>
>
>
> Karl Knutsson wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 07:24:48PM -0500, Rick Pettit wrote:
> > >
> > > Hmmm, I get the same error when I boot my machine up on the
> train.  I also
> > > have an ne2000 clone.  I wonder if your ethernet cable is
> good?  Just a
> > > suggestion.
> >
> > The card works fine in windows so it can't be any thing wrong with
> > the cable.
> >
> > /Karl
>