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to: KENNETH ABRAMS
from: ROY J. TELLASON
date: 1998-04-17 11:03:00
subject: Adsl,Dhcp &Ddns

Kenneth Abrams wrote in a message to Denis Tonn:
 KA> We had this problem with the 3Com PNP cards even with just DOS. 
 KA> Putting a 3C509 in one of our first pc's with a PNP bios, we 
 KA> found that the settings on the card would change pretty much 
 KA> between every boot, making it impossible to configure the 
 KA> netware client. Fortunately, you can disable PNP on them, which 
 KA> is the only way we ever got that box on the network. 
How do you disable PNP on those cards?  (FWIW I don't currently have a 
machine here that has a PnP bios...)
 KA> Frankly, I wish the originator(s) of PNP would shove it....back 
 KA> where it came from. Rather than simplify my life, it's created 
 KA> problems where none should exist.
Yeah.
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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