Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:23:10 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Macronix NIC not up to snuff? Message-ID: <39AAE64E.96584FB8@softweyr.com> References: <20000828165847.A9262@numachi.com> <20000828170838.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000828173009.G8519@numachi.com>
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Brian Reichert wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 05:08:38PM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:58:47PM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote:
> > >
> > > Both of these boxes work fine with our FlowPoint DSL router, a
> > > cheesy 3Com 10bT hub, and an even cheesier Ark Technologies
> > > autosensing switch.
> > >
> > > I'm installing a Cisco Catalyst 2924 XL running IOS Version
> > > 11.2(8)SA3.
> >
> > Crisco ethernet switches are notorious for screwing up autodetect.
>
> That may very well be, but only these cards are suffering.
So the seesko blows autodetection only on these cards? Trust me, that's not
at all rare.
> > Force them with media or mediaopt, and force the duplex and speed
> > on the cisco and see if that helps.
>
> This might be a useful workaraound (which I'll try later), but it
> doesn't clear my worries that it's the NIC+OS combination that's
> wonky...
No, it's the combination of the PHY on the switch vs. the PHY on the NIC.
What he gave you isn't a workaround, it's a solution to an endemic problem:
autodetection often doesn't work. If it doesn't work, no amount of wanting
it to work is going to fix the problem, so go fix the problem.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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