Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:55:54 +1200 From: "Keith Newton" <keith@grafica.co.nz> To: "D.M.P." <dmp@aracnet.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: DEC 21143 and FreeBSD not the best of friends Message-ID: <NDBBKPBKOJPEEJMAOFHKMEFMCDAA.keith@grafica.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <37E17133.488420@aracnet.com>
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Hi all, yeap, I have tried almost all conceivable combinations of media and media option combinations in ifconfig. Thanks, Keith > redirected to -questions. > > $ man de > > Have you tried setting media 100baseTX mediaopts full-duplex in the > ifconfig line? > > Keith Newton wrote: > > > > Hi all, I have a NEC Versa Note notebook which happens to have > a built in > > ethernet card, a nice feature I thought. > > The ethernet card is a DEC 21143 card, I am quiet happy with > the performance > > of this card under various other OS's and due to the inbuilt > nature I am not > > really in a position to replace it, otherwise I would. > > > > So far I have tried FreeBSD versions 2.2.5, 2.2.8 3.0, 3.2 and 3.3 RC > > 19990909, no luck as of yet. > > > > I install FreeBSD and the installation goes fine, the card is > recognized in > > the boot up and I even get the apparent autosense working. > > On my home network it autosense's 10baseT, this is correct. > > On my work network it autosense's 10baseT, this is way wrong. > > At work I am direct connected to a 10/100 switch, under other OS's I get > > 100M full duplex. > > > > I am sure that the card itself is fine as it works under Win9x, > WinNT4 and > > Win2K. > > > > Here is a portion of my kernel boot sequence. > > > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc. > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: The Regents of the University of > California. > > All rights reserved. > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: FreeBSD 3.3-19990909-RC #0: Wed > Sep 15 22:57:57 > > NZST 1999 > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: > root@jfk.grafica.co.nz:/usr/src/sys/compile/JFK > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: CPU: Celeron (331.58-MHz 686-class CPU) > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = > 0x66a Stepping = > > 10 > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: > > > Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE > ,MCA,CMOV, > > PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR> > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: avail memory = 127766528 (124772K bytes) > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at > 0xc02ac000. > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: chip0: <Intel 82443BX host to PCI > bridge (AGP > > disabled)> rev 0x03 on pci0.0.0 > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: vga0: <NeoMagic NM2160 laptop SVGA > controller> > > rev 0x01 int a irq 5 on pci0.2.0 > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: de0: <Digital 21143 Fast Ethernet> > rev 0x41 int > > a irq 10 on pci0.6.0 > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: de0: 21143 [10-100Mb/s] pass 4.1 (invalid > > EESPROM checksum) > > Sep 16 09:36:27 jfk /kernel: de0: address 00:00:4c:ed:75:4a > > > > I have checked the mac address and it is being reported > correctly so their > > is some talking between FreeBSD and the net card, also if I unplug the > > cable, I get a report of the cable being unplugged, then if I > plug it in it > > gets picked up again, always as 10baseT though. > > The catch is though if I ping another valid ip address when at > home or work > > on the same network I get > > > > ping: sendto: host down > > > > as the message. > > > > Here is the output of ifconfig -a if it's any help. > > > > de0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > inet 192.168.2.189 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > > ether 00:00:4c:ed:75:4a > > media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active > > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP > > <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > > tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552 > > ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > lo0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > > > > Any suggestions would be much appreciated, I have tried to > leave bothering > > you people as a last resort. > > > > Thanks in advance, Keith Newton > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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