3Com Etherlink 3c509b PnP

["Brian chance" <nborman@chello.at>]

Concerning hardware support for the 3c509b PnP etherlink card,

I have recently read in a past FAQ that the 3Com Etherlink III 3c509 / 509b
should to be set out of Plug 'n Play mode for more efficiency in OpenBSD.
The problem arised that i am unable to set my card out of PnP mode (my
computer seems to crash when running the program for this task) . According
to the list of supported hardware, the 3c509b PnP is actually supported, but
i'm still having problems using it. Formerly, this card *did* infact work in
FreeBSD while in PnP mode... Will it at all work in OpenBSD while in PnP
mode or will i still have to switch it out of PnP mode somehow? Considering
i know my default gateway, DNS server, IP , Netmask , Domain and host name
is there any *easy* way of setting up the network configuration again (the
ifconfig program looked pretty scary at first sight - all those ARP switches
and stuff) =\
     Thanks,
          -Brian