From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 00:18:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E1016A41F for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:18:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave-sender-1932b5@seddon.ca) Received: from seddon.ca (seddon.ca [203.209.212.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F48543D48 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:18:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dave-sender-1932b5@seddon.ca) Received: (qmail 53636 invoked by uid 89); 11 Aug 2005 00:18:02 -0000 Received: by seddon.ca (tmda-sendmail, from uid 89); Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:18:00 +1000 (EST) References: <000501c59e02$6ceece00$0200a8c0@satellite> In-Reply-To: <000501c59e02$6ceece00$0200a8c0@satellite> To: dave Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:17:59 +1000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1123719480.53612.TMDA@seddon.ca> X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.0.3 (Seattle Slew) From: Dave+Seddon Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: two dc cards on 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dave+Seddon List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:18:07 -0000 google = "freebsd media rc.conf" -> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-set up.html Section shows: ifconfig_dc0="inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0" ifconfig_dc1="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT/UTP" So you want: ifconfig_dc0="100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex" ifconfig_dc1="100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex" Regards, Dave Seddon dave writes: > Hello, > I'm trying to get a pair of netgear cards to work on a 5.4-RELEASE-p6 > box. My rc.conf looks as follows: > > ifconfig_dc0="DHCP" > ifconfig_dc1="inet 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > When i only have one dc card in the box dc0 everything works, the box gets a > dhcp ip. Put the second one in regardless whether or not the ifconfig dc1 > line is uncommented and two things happen, first i get continuous watchdog > timeouts from dc0, second dc0 does not get an IP. As i said the second card > doesn't have to be configured, just in the box and it happens, i've checked > i/o and irq's neither conflict between the two cards. One thing, with a > single dc card the media is set to ethernet autoselect <100base-TX > full-duplex and it's listed as active. Put the second card in and dc0 shows > media ethernet autoselect but for media type i have none and status is > listed as no carrier, i believe this is the reason for the lack of a dhcp > ip, my question is i don't understand why. I've tried: > ifconfig_dc0_mediaopt="100base-TX, full-duplex" > but the system didn't like that. I'd like to tell fbsd specifically what > mode these cards are to be probed to in, but nothing seems to work, and this > only occurs when the second card is in the box. I've tried three separate > cards, all give the same behavior. > Some urgency! Any help greatly appreciated. > Dave. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"