From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 5 18:44: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from shell7.ba.best.com (shell7.ba.best.com [206.184.139.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75ADF14BC4 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:44:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spadger@shell7.ba.best.com) Received: (from spadger@localhost) by shell7.ba.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.sh) id SAA25035 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:44:02 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Sparrow Message-Id: <199912060244.SAA25035@shell7.ba.best.com> Subject: Intel/Compaq 10/100 NIC gives identical MAC To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:44:01 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi. I just bought 3 of these cards to replace some DEC 21143-based cards that won't negotiate correctly with my Linksys switch. I was briefly happy with the Intel cards, until I realised that they all appear to FreeBSD (3.3-STABLE Wed Dec 1 14:27:14 PST 1999) to have identical MAC addresses, and hence won't talk to one another... A search on the mailing list archive turned up a a response from DG regarding this last month, but nothing since. The probe information/driver messages say: found-> vendor=0x8086, dev=0x1229, revid=0x08 class=02-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=0 subordinatebus=0 secondarybus=0 intpin=a, irq=10 map[0]: type 1, range 32, base e1110000, size 12 map[1]: type 4, range 32, base 00006200, size 6 map[2]: type 1, range 32, base e1000000, size 20 fxp0: rev 0x08 int a irq 10 on pci0.10.0 fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a4:c0:91:d2:9c, 10Mbps fxp0: warning: unsupported PHY, type = 0, addr = 0 As in the previous report, 'Doze reports a different MAC address, and thinks the card is an "Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter with Alert on LAN". I think that these cards are the Intel 741462-xxx (PILA8460BN) parts, with the trailing 3-connector pigtail lead (presumably for the Wake-On-Lan and/or Management functions) and 2 LED's. They are Intel 82559-based. The cards seem to work perfectly (thanks to the auto-negotiation), but only one at a time on the network :-( I note that the FAQ on Intel's web site has the following to say regarding this card: My PRO/100+ appears to load OK in Windows NT* 4.0, but I can?t browse the network. The driver included in NT 4.0 for the Intel PRO/100B line is outdated and may not work correctly on newer hardware, such as the PRO/100+. Please update your drivers to the latest version in 100PDISK.EXE Is there any more information available about this problem, is there anything I can do to help, would the loan/donation of a card itself help? Regards, Andy Sparrow To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message