On 925420615 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Graham Jenkins wrote:
>
>> I have a real problem with using SMC8216C cards on several of our machines;
>> neither the boot kernel nor the real kernel detects that its cable is
>> plugged into its 10BaseT/UTP port. And the 'media' parameter for 'ifconfig'
>> won't accept 'UTP' either.

Perhaps this is a silly question, but are you doing

 # ifconfig blah blah media 10BaseT/UTP

or

 # ifconfig blah blah media UTP

?  Because, if I remember correctly, the first works, and the second doesn't.

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