From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 20 13:28:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FD216A420; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:28:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 798DC43D46; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:28:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from laptop.lan (d58-105-62-111.dsl.vic.optusnet.com.au [58.105.62.111]) by mail03.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k1KDSBNf008741 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:28:12 +1100 Received: from laptop.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by laptop.lan (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1KDVhxt001047; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:31:43 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from localhost (petros@localhost) by laptop.lan (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) with ESMTP id k1KDVgAD001044; Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:31:43 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) X-Authentication-Warning: laptop.lan: petros owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:31:42 +1100 (EST) From: Peter Ross X-X-Sender: petros@laptop.lan To: Gleb Smirnoff In-Reply-To: <20060220124350.GK96737@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <20060221001623.C1003@laptop.lan> References: <43767.150.101.159.26.1140420612.squirrel@mailbox.TU-Berlin.DE> <20060220124350.GK96737@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: bge(4) problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:28:20 -0000 Hi Gleb, thanks for your help. > P> But I have a problem with two dual port Broadcom cards plugged in into > P> this box: > P> > > Not related to problem, but how did you managed to install two PCI > cards into 1U server? There is a adapter so they are sitting parallel to the mainboard. > Are the NICs a copper ones? Do they work properly against each other, > or against any other equipment? Yes, they are copper. I did not try to connect them against each other but I tried to connect them to the data centre uplink (100 MBit, I do not know what it is..anyway, the onboard cards are working with it.) It worked with 100MBit but I saw the same packet loss there. > Since you are connecting them to a switch that is 1000 km away, I > suppose you are using some media converters; what equipment is the NIC > connected to? Sorry, I wasn't clear. Both, Dell Powerswitch and server, are 1000 km away (in Sydney, I am sitting in Melbourne) but they are both in the same rack connected by a 2m CAT-6 cable. The fact that I am 1000km away limits my ability to access the hardware. I only have remote console access. > Do you have a proven evidence that Linux works properly in the same setup? > What is the version of Linux kernel? I tried a Fedora Core 4 rescue CD. All NICs were working fine with them. It is a 2.6.11 kernel (heavily patched by Red Hat so it is far from being a vanilla 2.6.11). Thanks again for your answer Peter