Configure 3com nic with bsd

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Hoe kan ik onder freebsd een 3com nic configureren,
een soort van 3c9xxcfg.exe onder *nix, en waar kan
ik zulke software vinden vooral.

Probleem gerelateerd aan posting : [topic=344076/1/45]

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Wat voor netwerkkaarten zijn het precies?
Welke chipsets zitten er op?
Is het pci of isa?

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3c 10/100 zijn vaak PCI kaarten. Die kun je toch dynamisch configureren via de drivers ? In Linux kan dat wel althans, kan me niet voorstellen dat je daar in BSD een aparte util voor nodig hebt.

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Effe op een bootflop met win98 zetten (die 3c9xxcfg.exe), effe instellen en gaan met die banaan. Doe ik onder OS/2 ook! Werkt perfect. Je kunt het niet onder de drivers instellen (niet zo intensief!!)

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Hieronder een kleine uitdraai van ifconfig

code:

xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
      inet 10.50.0.10 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255
      inet 10.50.0.200 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255
      ether 00:10:5a:42:3b:33 
      media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
      status: active

Verder zijn het 3com 3c509b TX 10/100 kaartjes, onder dos
kan ik instellen of ze op server of workstation moeten staan,
nu moet dit *denk* ook wel met *bsd kunnen maar goed ik weet niet hoe.

Ik dacht verder dat je voor *nix wel iets kon compileren
zie website van 3com... maar *bsd dan ?

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Nog meer info over de driver

code:

XL(4)           FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual            XL(4)

NAME
     xl - 3Com Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL ethernet device driver

SYNOPSIS
     device miibus
     device xl

DESCRIPTION
     The xl driver provides support for PCI ethernet adapters and embedded
     controllers based on the 3Com "boomerang" and "cyclone" bus-master Ether-
     link XL chips.  This includes the 3c900-TP, 3c900-COMBO, 3c905-TX,
     3c905-T4, 3c905B-TP, 3c905B-T4 and 3c905B-TX, and embedded 3c905-TX and
     3c905B-TX ethernet hardware in certain Dell Optiplex and Dell Precision
     desktop machines, and certain Dell Latitude laptop docking stations.

     The Etherlink XL chips support built-in 10baseT, 10base2 and 10base5
     transceivers as well as an MII bus for externally attached PHY
     transceivers.  The 3c905 series typically uses a National Semiconductor
     NS 83840A 10/100 PHY for 10/100 Mbps support in full or half-duplex.  The
     3c905B adapters have built-in autonegotiation logic mapped onto the MII
     for compatibility with previous drivers.  Fast Etherlink XL adapters such
     as the 3c905-TX and 3c905B-TX are capable of 10 or 100Mbps data rates in
     either full or half duplex and can be manually configured for any sup-
     ported mode or automatically negotiate the highest possible mode with a
     link partner.

     The xl driver supports the following media types:

     autoselect     Enable autoselection of the media type and options.
                   Note that this option is only available with the
                   3c905 and 3c905B adapters with external PHYs or
                   built-in autonegotiation logic.  For 3c900
                   adapters, the driver will choose the mode specified
                   in the EEPROM.  The user can change this by adding
                   media options to the /etc/rc.conf file.

     10baseT/UTP         Set 10Mbps operation.  The mediaopt option can also
                   be used to select either full-duplex or half-duplex
                   modes.

     100baseTX       Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation.  The
                   mediaopt option can also be used to select either
                   full-duplex or half-duplex modes.

     10base5/AUI         Enable AUI transceiver (available only on COMBO
                   cards).

     10base2/BNC         Enable BNC coax transceiver (available only on
                   COMBO cards).

     The xl driver supports the following media options:

     full-duplex         Force full duplex operation

     half-duplex         Force half duplex operation.

     Note that the 100baseTX media type is only available if supported by the
     adapter.  For more information on configuring this device, see
     ifconfig(8).

DIAGNOSTICS
     xl%d: couldn't map memory  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     xl%d: couldn't map interrupt  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     xl%d: device timeout  The device has stopped responding to the network,
     or there is a problem with the network connection (cable).

     xl%d: no memory for rx list  The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for
     the receiver ring.

     xl%d: no memory for tx list  The driver failed to allocate an mbuf for
     the transmitter ring when allocating a pad buffer or collapsing an mbuf
     chain into a cluster.

     xl%d: command never completed!  Some commands issued to the 3c90x ASIC
     take time to complete: the driver is supposed to wait until the 'command
     in progress' bit in the status register clears before continuing.  In
     rare instances, this bit may not clear.  To avoid getting caught in an
     infinite wait loop, the driver only polls the bit for a finite number of
     times before giving up, at which point it issues this message.  This mes-
     sage may be printed during driver initialization on slower machines.  If
     you see this message but the driver continues to function normally, the
     message can probably be ignored.

     xl%d: chip is in D3 power state -- setting to D0  This message applies
     only to 3c905B adapters, which support power management.  Some operating
     systems place the 3c905B in low power mode when shutting down, and some
     PCI BIOSes fail to bring the chip out of this state before configuring
     it.  The 3c905B loses all of its PCI configuration in the D3 state, so if
     the BIOS does not set it back to full power mode in time, it won't be
     able to configure it correctly.  The driver tries to detect this condi-
     tion and bring the adapter back to the D0 (full power) state, but this
     may not be enough to return the driver to a fully operational condition.
     If you see this message at boot time and the driver fails to attach the
     device as a network interface, you will have to perform second warm boot
     to have the device properly configured.

     Note that this condition only occurs when warm booting from another oper-
     ating system.  If you power down your system prior to booting FreeBSD,
     the card should be configured correctly.

     xl%d: WARNING: no media options bits set in the media options register!
     This warning may appear when using the driver on some Dell Latitude dock-
     ing stations with built-in 3c905-TX adapters.  For whatever the reason,
     the 'MII available' bit in the media options register on this particular
     equipment is not set, even though it should be (the 3c905-TX always uses
     an external PHY transceiver). The driver will attempt to guess the proper
     media type based on the PCI device ID word.  The driver makes a lot of
     noise about this condition because the author considers it a manufactur-
     ing defect.

SEE ALSO
     arp(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY
     The xl device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

AUTHORS
     The xl driver was written by Bill Paul <[e-mail]>.

FreeBSD 4.4

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Wie vroeg ook alweer wat voor'n nic's ik gebruikte

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/stand/sysinstall en dan configure, dan ethernet en daar kan je kiezen eruit, IP's instellen ervoor e.d.
En driver? Die zitten normaal gesproken standaard in de kernel

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De isa kaart kun je met de dos util (booten van dosflop) van pnp af zetten.
Maar de pci nic's, wat wil je daarmee instellen?
En wat houdt workstation of server precies in? Stelt hij dan de latency hardwarematig in ofzo?

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De isa kaart kun je met de dos util (booten van dosflop) van pnp af zetten. <PCI>
Maar de pci nic's, wat wil je daarmee instellen?
En wat houdt workstation of server precies in? Stelt hij dan de latency hardwarematig in ofzo?

Er is een werkmode* in te stellen op deze 3com nic's
ik zou het kunnen doen middels en DOS boot disk &
de 3com config util. Echter ben ik van mening dat
deze util er ook moet zijn voor bsd, of een andere
manier van hardware configuratie, ik weet het niet,
maar ja schijbaar niet de enige

* normaal, server en nog iets

grtzz