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Subject: Re: Realtek rl ethernet driver
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:25:55 -0500
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> Hello,
>
> I have a Freebsd 4.4 Release Firewall.   It contains two PCI rl ethernet
> devices, and I'm having an issue with the rl0 outside interface that
> connects to my comcast cable modem.   It does not properly autodetect the
> media type of the connection.   The 'ifconfig -m rl0' command returns the
> following:
>
> media: autodetect (none)
>
> I know the cable modem connection speed is 10Mbps, but I am unsure of the
> duplexing.   I have second rl device in the box named rl1, which is my
> inside interface.   It connect to a Linksys 10/100Mb switch and works just
> fine.   It autodetects to 100mbps full duplex.
>
> Upon firewall reboot or a power cycle of the cable modem, the Internet
> connectivity will function Ok, then gradually decrease in performance
until
> failure.
>
> Are there any known issues with the rl ethernet driver in the Freebsd 4.4
> Release?

Some rl NICs are simply crappy and don't autodetect properly.  I've run into
the problem you describe with various DSL modems and do this in my
/etc/rc.conf:

ifconfig_rl0="up media 10BaseT/UTP"

Since I've done that, I've never had problems.

--
Matt Emmerton


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