From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Feb 2 14:09:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA13207 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:09:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fw.bby.com.au (ns.bby.com.au [192.83.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA13191 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:09:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnb@itga.com.au) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by fw.bby.com.au (8.8.8/8.6.9) id JAA20510; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:09:40 +1100 (EST) Received: from lightning.itga.com.au(192.168.71.20) via SMTP by fw.bby.com.au, id smtpd020508; Tue Feb 2 22:09:40 1999 Received: from lightning (lightning [192.168.71.20]) by lightning.itga.com.au (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA12139; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:09:34 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199902022209.JAA12139@lightning.itga.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 From: Gregory Bond To: "Justin Wolf" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, "Tanguy de Courson" Subject: Re: 3Com 3C509B Oddities In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 02 Feb 1999 08:26:36 -0800. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 09:09:34 +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I had a 3C509B in a 2.2.8 machine for a while with no problems... I haven't > had it in a 3.0 machine yet - I'm using a DEC Tulip card in it right now. > Maybe 3.0 broke something? > Nope. I have been using a 905B since 3.0-R and now 3.0-Stable with no problems at all: >xl0: <3Com 3c905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100BaseTX> rev 0x00 int a irq 11 on pci0.17.0 >xl0: Ethernet address: 00:10:5a:a9:84:33 >xl0: autoneg complete, link status good (full-duplex, 100Mbps) The messages the original poster was getting about ether addresses moving probably means that several machines are attempting to use the same IP address and they are fighting over it. This explains why it works periodically - when this machine has 'control' it receives packets, but as soon as one of the other machines attempts to use the net, it 'steals' the ARP entries and this machine stops. It would also explain the failing ftps: when another machine steals the IP address, the in-progress TCP session will get a RST because the new machine has no knowledge of the open session, causing the FTP server to drop the connection even when this machine steals back the IP address. Sharing IPs is A Bad Thing. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message