Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 15:39:19 +1000 From: Alex Helbig <alex@muse.org.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ACER 10/100 Ethernet Card in 2.2.7-RELEASE Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980803153919.009ee150@ada.somerville.qld.edu.au>
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Hi All,
I am having some hassles with the above mentioned card. This card uses a
digital 21140-AF chip which 2.2.7 recognises as de0. The card is 10/100
autosensing.
I have just upgraded from 2.2.6-RELEASE to 2.2.7-RELEASE. In the 2.2.6
machine the card I used was a 3Com 3c905-TX 10/100 autosense card. The
supported hardware list indicates that the code to support this model 3Com
card was a little buggy so I thought I'd use the opportunity to change
cards when I changed to the new release 2.2.7.
Since the upgrade I have installed and everything is working correctly,
except that roughly every two seconds I get a message on the console saying:
de0: link down: cable problem?
But it all works! Any ideas why the error message?
Points to note:
* I am running up the box on a 10Mb segment not the 100Mb where it will
eventually be.
But the 3com card was quite happy yo move back and forth between speeds.
* I never tried the DEC based card under 2.2.6 to know if the problem
existed there too.
* I have tried using ifconfig to set each of the LINK0-2 flags and no
setting of this
seems to make any difference.
Suggestions appreciated.
Cheers
Alex.
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