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Date:      Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:30:15 -0500
From:      "N.B. DelMore" <mylists@inr.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   3C905 - Networking Problem
Message-ID:  <3.0.6.32.20000129163015.00a0f100@mx1a.inr.net>

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On booting (v3.4) I see the following message:

xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> rev 0x00 int a irq 10 on pci0.17.0
xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:97:09:7a:9b
xl0: autoneg not complete, no carrier (forcing half-duplex, 10Mbps)

I can force it into 100Base-TX full-duplex in /etc/rc.conf; i.e.

ifconfig_xl0="inet 198.77.208.10 netmask 255.255.255.128 media 100baseTX
mediaopt full-duplex"

but if I do so, my NFS partitions fail to mount.  By experimentation I also
discovered that if I change the configuration; e.g. 

ifconfig_xl0="inet 198.77.208.10 netmask 255.255.255.128"
defaultrouter="198.77.208.1"
hostname="mx1a.inr.net"
linux_enable="YES"
nfs_client_enable="YES"
ifconfig_xl0="inet 198.77.208.10 netmask 255.255.255.128 media 100baseTX
mediaopt full-duplex"

or I add the following string to /etc/rc.local

ifconfig xl0 inet 198.77.208.10 netmask 255.255.255.128 media 100baseTX
mediaopt full-duplex

all appears to work ok, however, I am wondering why the card is improperly
detected by the kernel during boot.  Any one have any idea or how to fix it?

Thank you.
Noel



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