Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 23:02:39 -0800 From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 100Base-T problem? Message-ID: <p05200f03b9fa44bdde1d@[192.168.254.205]>
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I am trying to get my FreeBSD system to work with 100Base-T. It works
fine with 10Base-T, but when I put in any of several 100Base-T cards, it
fails to work. Interestingly, the lights on the card and on the hub both
indicate that the 100Base-T card is connecting.
I am running a fairly vanilla PC:
CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (300.68-MHz 586-class CPU)
Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12
Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX>
AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!>
I recently upgraded from FreeBSD 4.5 to 4.7, but I don't think this is
relevant to the problem at hand. Here are some lines from an unsuccessful
(in terms of networking) boot -v, using a Netgear 100Base-TX card:
...
dc0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0xb800-0xb8ff mem 0xdd800000-0xdd8000ff
irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:5e:89:b2
miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
ukphy0: OUI 0x001018, model 0x0021, rev. 2
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
bpf: dc0 attached
...
isa_probe_children: probing PnP devices
BIOS Geometries:
...
Here are some lines from a successful (in terms of networking) boot -v,
using an SMC 10Base-TX card:
...
de0: <Digital 21041 Ethernet> port 0xb800-0xb87f mem 0xdd800000-0xdd80007f
irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
de0: SMC 21041 [10Mb/s] pass 1.1
de0: address 00:00:c0:63:b2:f2
bpf: de0 attached
...
isa_probe_children: probing PnP devices
de0: enabling 10baseT port <- note additional line
BIOS Geometries:
...
I have also tried a couple of Farallon cards (de0 driver, IIRC) with no
success. Clues and/or suggestions are solicited...
-r
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