From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 15 03:55:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD23216A40F for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:55:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A0B343D45 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:55:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k8F3tq0k014846 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:55:52 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.11.5] (21.129.148.210.dy.bbexcite.jp [210.148.129.21]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k8F3to7p005387 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:55:52 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: X-Gpgmail-State: !signed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Garrett Cooper Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:55:49 +0900 To: FreeBSD Questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.266434, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.9.14.203442 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: unknown ethernet card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:55:56 -0000 On Sep 15, 2006, at 12:28 PM, pauls@utdallas.edu wrote: > I'm beginning the install of 6.1 RELEASE on a Dell 1950. It uses > Dual Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NICs, and > they are not correctly recognized during the install. The system > identifies them as bce0 and bce1, but apparently the driver isn't > working right. > > Does anyone have these NICs working? If so, what driver did you use? > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ Those particular cards should use a generic driver (in this case bc). The fact that your interfaces are found though seems to point to the fact that things are not configured properly, network-wise. Are you sure the network settings you're providing are correct, or that the actual NICs themselves have a solid link to a switch and are working? -Garrett