Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:57:22 -0500 From: Tom Parquette <Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com> To: printery@blkft.com, Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Subject: Re: Re: 3c509 nic, kernel, resulting confusion??? Message-ID: <1009594642.4bfaeff2Tom_Parquette@myrealbox.com>
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Terri, I cannot comment on your 7% loss pinging localhost. That sounds seriously out of whack to me. Re: The 3C509-combo card: Your demesg output looks like the card was at least partially autoconfigured to be the second card in the box. (Based on the port at 210. The etherdisk autoconfigure will select 300 if it is the only card.) It's also a combo card based on your demesg output. Your ifconfig -a looks ok but I have to ask, are you using the RJ-45 interface or one of the others? I have had to manually configure the interface for 10Base-2 before. For some reason, autodetect seems to default to the RJ-45 even if my 10Base-2 T fitting is plugged in. Suggestions: If this is the only LAN card in your box, get the current Etherdisk from 3Com's web site (WWW.3com.com) and allow 3c5x9cfg to automatically configure the card. If you are using something other than the RJ-45 interface, change the interface specification from autodetect to whatever you are using. You might want to consider specifying the interface even if autodetect appears to be guessing right. If this is not the only LAN card in your box, let 3c5x9cfg try to configure your card but check for conflicts. When I do this, I have a hardcopy of demsg to compare the tool's selections against. Again, watch out for the selection of the physical lan interface plug that it is coming up with. If you have another FreeBSD box on the same wire, I'm assuming you are not using a switched hub, having a TCPDUMP going at the same time you try to ping can give you a clue if you are making it out onto the wire. I've had good luck with the 3Com cards at home and at work. They do have their quirks though. Cheers... -----Original Message----- From: "Terry Thomas" <printery@blkft.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:17:10 -0800 Subject: Re: 3c509 nic, kernel, resulting confusion??? Correction: It will ping 127.0.0.1 with a 7% loss but ping takes a long time to start, pings to outside or my router come back 'send to: host is down' ----- Original Message ----- From: "printery-blkft" <printery@blkft.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 1:53 PM Subject: 3c509 nic, kernel, resulting confusion??? > I'm running 4.4 stable with a 3c509c nic, i've csvuped and went thru > buildworld, etc. with no errors and i've been trying to get it set up for > over a week now and i've not been successful. > I have a 56k frame with 16 ip#'s and a rh box connected to a cisco router > that's up and i'm trying to get my fbsd box hooked via the switch to it too > but it won't even ping 127.0.0.1 > here's what i have set so far, maybe someone can help?? > > in etc/rc.conf i've added... > ifconfig_ep0="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.67" netmask="255.255.255.240" > defaultrouter="xxx.xxx.xxx.65" > > device ep0 isn't in /dev and i've tried to add it with > /dev/MAKEDEV ep0 > but it says device not present > > ifconfig -a gives me... > ep0: flags=8843<UP, BROADCAST, RUNNING, SIMPLEX, MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet xxx.xxx.xxx.67 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.79 > inet6 fe80::260:8f:fe20:1cca%ep0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ehter 00:60:08:20:1c:ca > media: Ethernet 10baseT/UTP > > netstat -rn gives me... > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 0 lo0 > xxx.xxx.xxx.64/28 link#1 UC 1 0 ep0 > Internet6 has these lines... > fe80::%ep0/64 link#1 UC ep0 > ff02::%ep0/32 link#1 UC ep0 > > dmesg has... > ep0: <3com 3c509-combo etherlink III at port 0x210 irq 11 on isa0 > ep0: <ethernet address 00:60:97:e1:6b:e0 > > etc/resolv.conf is... > 127.0.0.1 localhost.xxxxx.com localhost > xxx.xxx.xxx.67 ns2.xxxxx.com ns2 > xxx.xxx.xxx.67 ns2.xxxxx.com. > > etc/hosts is... > domain xxxxx.com > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.66 (my redhat dns) > nameserver xxx.xxx.xx.3 (my isp nameserver) > > > What am I doing wrong??? or What am I missing? > Needless to say, I'm new at this! I was able to setup ppp with no problem > but this ethernet/nic thing has me stumped! > > Thank You, > Terry Thomas > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Try not. Do or do not. There is no try. -- Yoda To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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