On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Alex wrote:
Alex,
When/where do you get the error message ?
Try posting the output from dmesg/ifconfig for the NIC.. and providing
more info, these cards normally work flawlessly under *BSD, ymmv...
de0: <Digital 21041 Ethernet> port 0xe400-0xe47f mem 0xe7400000-0xe740007f
irq 12 at device 10.0 on pci0
de0: SMC 21041 [10Mb/s] pass 2.1
de0: address 00:e0:29:47:78:27
de0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
de0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 203.164.10.230 netmask 0xffffff80 broadcast 203.164.10.255
ether 00:e0:29:47:78:27
media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active
supported media: autoselect 10base5/AUI 10base2/BNC 10baseT/UTP
<full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
/Norman
> Hi,
> I was supplied with an ISA SMC EtherEZ ethernet card from optus, and trying
> to use the card under OpenBSD results in a message saying that the NIC is
> corrupt(?), and that it is trying to send an illegally sized packet of 4000
> or so bytes (??).
> I have not tried getting this card working under Linux, though that is
> because I could not get it installed on my ISA-bus based 486. I have an
> NE2000 based card that works fine under OpenBSD, and surprisingly, both
> cards are recognised by the OpenBSD installer, which by the way, is the best
> installer I have ever used ;) ...
> Anyway, I know there are quite a few people on the list that are using
> optus@home cable, has anyone used or had any experience with these cards?
> Should I demand a replacment card?
> Thanks,
> Alex
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