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From: deroest@byron.u.washington.edu (Jim DeRoest)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Using a 3com ethernet board in a PS/2 model 80 with AIX 1.2?
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Date: 28 Nov 90 16:22:45 GMT
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In article <1136@nlsun1.oracle.nl> bengsig@oracle.nl (Bjorn Engsig) writes:
>Is anybody running succesfully with a 3com ethernet board on a PS/2 model 80
>running AIX 1.2?  After following the manual to the point (except not using
>an Ungerman Bass board), 'ifconfig net0' or 'netconfig net0' both return
>"no such device or address".  Maybe I didn't follow it exactly to the point...
>
>Any clues?
>-- 
>Bjorn Engsig,         E-mail: bengsig@oracle.com, bengsig@oracle.nl
>ORACLE Corporation    Path:   uunet!orcenl!bengsig
>
>            "Stepping in others footsteps, doesn't bring you ahead"

 
  You have to have the 3c523.o driver installed per instructions in the
/usr/nifl/3com directory.  After kernel rebuild and boot, you can ifconfig
interface en0.  We have it working on a couple of Model 80's here.

Jim DeRoest
University Computing Services
University of Washington
(206)543-6343
deroest@cac.washington.edu