Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:37:39 +0800 (MYT) From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ADMtek USB To LAN Converter and HomePNA Message-ID: <20040107212459.X330-100000@prophet.alphaque.com>
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hey,
i have one of the above. it's a usb device which connects to a HomePNA
network, with a 10/100Mbps ethernet port as well as a couple of RJ11s for
the HomePNA connection.
my problem is i am unable to utilize this device to connect to the HomePNA
network. upon plugging it in, the console says:
aue0: ADMtek USB To LAN Converter, rev 1.10/1.01, addr 2
aue0: Ethernet address: 00:08:54:d0:5d:2e
miibus1: <MII bus> on aue0
pnaphy0: <Am79c978 HomePNA PHY> on miibus1
pnaphy0: HomePNA
ifconfig aue0 response is:
aue0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:08:54:d0:5d:2e
media: Ethernet homePNA (none)
i run 'ifconfig aue0 10.1.105.26 netmask 0xffff0000 media homepna' and the
device then gets to the following:
aue0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.1.105.26 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 10.1.255.255
ether 00:08:54:d0:5d:2e
media: Ethernet homePNA
status: active
however, i am unable to ping any ip address other than the interface's
address. obviously, no firewalls (ipfw/ipchains/ipf) are being run and
this is on FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE built as of a couple of weeks back.
i've played around with disabling the ethernet PHY on the device with the
following diff to /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_aue.c:
--- CUT HERE ---
--- if_aue.c.org Wed Jan 7 20:02:51 2004
+++ if_aue.c Wed Jan 7 21:04:06 2004
@@ -434,6 +434,28 @@
#endif
}
+ /*
+ * The Am79C978 HomePNA PHY actually contains
+ * two transceivers: a 1Mbps HomePNA PHY and a
+ * 10Mbps full/half duplex ethernet PHY with
+ * NWAY autoneg. However, the HomePNA PHY is
+ * not recognized, but the 10/100Mbps PHY is
+ * though. This skips over the 10/100Mbps PHY
+ * and only activates the 1Mbps HomePNA PHY
+ *
+ * Modified by Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>
+ * Wed Jan 7 20:36:34 MYT 2004
+ *
+ */
+ if (sc->aue_info->aue_vid == USB_VENDOR_ADMTEK &&
+ sc->aue_info->aue_did == USB_PRODUCT_ADMTEK_PEGASUSII) {
+ if (phy == 1)
+ return(0);
+ }
+ /*
+ * End of modifications by Dinesh Nair
+ */
+
csr_write_1(sc, AUE_PHY_ADDR, phy);
csr_write_1(sc, AUE_PHY_CTL, reg|AUE_PHYCTL_READ);
--- CUT HERE ---
but to no avail. i've discovered that the ethernet PHY is phy==1, while
the two RJ11 PHYs are 2 and 3.
the ethernet PHY works fine and dandy, and i am able to connect it to my
local switch fine. however, i need to use it for a HomePNA application,
and thus need to HomePNA portion of this to work.
any ideas from anyone who's tried something like this before with some
measure of success ? any media types or mediaopts i should be passing to
ifconfig ?
this setup is used by a broadband provider in kuala lumpur, malaysia and
to date this has been the one barrier which prevents freebsd users from
utilizing their service.
Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven."
dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/
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