From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 26 13:40:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04126 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:40:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ss454.dyn.ml.org (putc7159011.cts.com [204.216.159.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04121 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:40:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Received: from localhost (michaelr@localhost) by ss454.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA04198; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:40:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:40:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Reeh To: Andrew MacIntyre cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC w/ DEC 21140 chipset In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG THANKS that really helps.. and yes i meant de0.. good timing on the message too, i just did a network install (ftpd on my computer w/ the 21140 and ftp client on the computer that got the installation) and it actually worked but i was getting a sustained rate of 7 k/s... and the whole while, i would get: de0: link down: cable problem? to the console.. about every 10 seconds or less.. i didnt know you could actually specify cable type for ifconfig. is there documentation on this? i.e. what other settings are there.. im using a peer-peer cable (rj45) btw i hope thats not messing anything up.. i'll try the media setting though, thanks a lot.. mike reeh michaelr@ss454.dyn.ml.org On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Andrew MacIntyre wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Mike Reeh wrote: > > > ed0 drivers are for the 10/100 pci DEC 21040 chipset NIC, but has anyone > > gotten a pci fast NIC w/ the 21140-xx set to work? the 2.2.7 drivers seem > > a little different, but im not sure. more over, has anyone used the > > drivers w/ a 10Mb connection? (tp/rj45 if it makes a difference) > > de0 I think you mean? This also supports the 21140. I've just installed > 2.2.7 via an el cheapo card with a 21140-AB on 10BaseT (actually an FTP > install at that). The only gotcha for this particular card was the need > to specify the media type explicitly ('media 10BaseT/UTP' is the ifconfig > option I recall using), even though the boot messages seem to indicate it > being initialised to 10BaseT. I seem to recall prior list traffic noting > that many of these cards don't probe/initialise totally automatically. > > -- > Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." > E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 > andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 > Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message