From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 16 18:20:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CEA0106566B for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:20:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD3AA8FC1D for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1GIKYlX011517; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:20:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <201002161820.o1GIKYlX011517@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:20:52 -0500 To: Patrick Ale , freebsd-net@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <8d158e1f1002160429m747efaf1h478b6b9cf00b96c@mail.gmail.com > References: <8d158e1f1002160429m747efaf1h478b6b9cf00b96c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: Attansic L1 Gigabit discovered on install but no link X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:20:36 -0000 At 07:29 AM 2/16/2010, Patrick Ale wrote: >Good afternoon, > >I tried to install FreeBSD 8.0 about 30 minutes ago and during the >installation I encountered a problem. > >My network card is detected but on DHCP Server discoverage I see that >no link is detected and that the driver/dhcp discovery process is >giving up on trying. Hi, Try finishing off the install and then see if you can manually get it working. I have see in the past some drivers bugs causing difficulty with DHCP. Perhaps try and manually set the PHY speed and IP address. I dont see any obvious fixes that went into the tree Post 8.0R, but if you can get things partially working, or enough to file a PR, someone might be able to fix things up from there. What does ifconfig -a show ? also pciconf -lvc ...for the part that shows the nic driver. If its the ae driver, try ifconfig ae0 media 10baseT/UTP up and then dhclient ae0 or manually set the IP address and see if that works. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike