From owner-freebsd-net Thu Aug 31 8: 4:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E70B37B440 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:04:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13TXJ8-0000IU-00; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:23:10 -0600 Message-ID: <39AAE64E.96584FB8@softweyr.com> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:23:10 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.1-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Reichert Cc: Bill Fumerola , freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Macronix NIC not up to snuff? References: <20000828165847.A9262@numachi.com> <20000828170838.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000828173009.G8519@numachi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message