Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 07:28:58 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Jesper Krogh <jkrogh@cs.auc.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with fxp0 driver Message-ID: <199911051528.HAA17264@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 Nov 1999 15:05:43 %2B0100." <3822E437.A3273388@cs.auc.dk>
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>I am currently trying to install 6 IBM "Personal Computer 750" machines >(running FreeBSD 2.2.8) each equipped with an Intel Etherexpress NIC. >However when I check the network configuration on each host they all >have the same MAC address. I have tried to put one of the NICs in >another PC (a clone machine) and it writes the same address as in the >other 6 cases. >Then I tried to use the "Diagnostic tool" for the NIC and it prompts >different MAC addresses for each NIC (the one reported by FreeBSD is not >one of them). When I try to perform an "arp -n <hostname>" I get the >error "no entry". > >Can You please help me? Hello, Jesper. This problem has been reported by a couple of other people as well. It appears that certain newer Pro/100+ boards have a different layout in the SEEPROM (or just different model SEEPROMs), and thus get the wrong information. Do you also see a "Unsupported PHY" message come out during the device probe for fxp0? It might help if you could tell me about the specifics of the Pro/100+ cards - like the exact model/revision information off of the box it came in. I haven't yet seen any of the 'broken' boards yet myself and attempts to get information from Intel about this have dismally failed. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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