Re: Netgear FA410TX ....

[Aernoudt Bottemanne <Aernoudt.Bottemanne@Informix.com>]

Aaron Campbell wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Aernoudt Bottemanne wrote:
> 
> > Based on the OpenBSD website, I thought I was buying a supported pcmcia
> > network card. However, it does not work. When I checked the list
> > archives, I saw there have been a couple of postings (end october). Does
> > anybody have 'final results' on that issue ?  I mean, did somebody
> > succeed in getting this pcmcia network card to work ?
> 
> Since you have provided _no_ information about why it does "not work", nor

Like I mentioned, the October reports, the error is the same: it gets
timed out. It get's recognized as ne3.

> your dmesg, nor told us _anything_ about your environment that may give

The dmesg output for the card is the same as mentioned in these postings
.

> some inkling as to what is wrong, what do you expect us to say?

I had expected that somebody who would have _read_ my posting, informed
me with the outcome of the issue; ie did it get resolved, and if yes
how. I did get several responses from people referring to those
postings, unfortunately with the message that neither in 2.7 nor in 2.8
the Netgear FA410TX works anymore. So obviously, for several people it
did make sense. I'm sorry if I did not make it clear enough for you. 

That means that our website needs to be update or the driver updated to
support the card. I know that this is not due to OpenBSD as a project
(Netgear started using difeerent chipsets recently) but it is important
to have the correct information available to our users.

> 
> > not need to be more people who will waste $59,99 on it....
> 
> Oh boo hoo.

Well maybe you are a millionaire, but for most people $59,99 is a waste
if it does not work, and especially if it is _specifically mentioned_ on
the hardware compatibility list on our OpenBSD website.

Aernoudt


dmesg output for network card:

pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0/2 iomem 0xd0000/65536
pcic0 controller 0: <Intel 82365SL rev 2> has sockets A and B
pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
ne3 at pcmcia0 function 0 "NETGEAR, FA410TX, Fast Ethernet" port
0x340/16 irq 3
ne3: address 01:d1:ff:03:00:20
pcmcia1 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 1

# ifconfig ne3 media 100baseTX
ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured
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