From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 31 20:49:03 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFA516A419 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tobi@casino.uni-stuttgart.de) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472F713C458 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tobi@casino.uni-stuttgart.de) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE8F270A6; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:48:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:48:40 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: yCxXCR5i0upKNvaCiuwsFo7UXcDjdZZAiXMdY5w+zTHj 1188593318 Received: from [141.58.158.19] (unknown [141.58.158.19]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7584E4C0A; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:48:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46D87EA3.7070703@casino.uni-stuttgart.de> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:48:35 +0200 From: Tobias Ernst User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070802 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <46D83451.2030808@casino.uni-stuttgart.de> <46D86411.1020603@casino.uni-stuttgart.de> <200708312230.55235.nvass@teledomenet.gr> <200708312243.01122.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <200708312243.01122.nvass@teledomenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: nvass@teledomenet.gr Subject: Re: strange arp problem with bge nics X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:49:03 -0000 Nikos Vassiliadis schrieb: > On Friday 31 August 2007 22:30, I correctly wrote: >> Did you try without forcing a link speed(check ifconfig -m) > s/without // > > anything useful in dmesg? No, nothing at all in dmesg. I don't think this is an auto negotiation issue. How can a Windows machine that is connected to the same switch as my two FreeBSD machines and does not even talk to them explicitly influence the autonegotation of the FreeBSD NIC? If the NIC were not properly negotiated, it would not even see the broadcasts of the Windows machine, I would think. It must be something with ARP and TCP/IP in connection with that particular river, I suppose. The cards properly negotiate whatever the particular switch (tried several, 100 and 1000) supports and I also tried setting various fixed rates and duplex settings when using a cross link cable. This does not change anything. The interface is live and running, it just does not properly perform ARP up to the point when I either put the interface in promiscuous mode for a while or send some Windows broadcasts. Regards Tobias -- Universität Stuttgart|Fakultät für Architektur und Stadtplanung|casinoIT 70174 Stuttgart Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 24D T +49 (0)711 121-4228 F +49 (0)711 121-4276 E office@casino.uni-stuttgart.de I http://www.casino.uni-stuttgart.de