Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:19:31 +0000
From:      tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gib/em driver problems?
Message-ID:  <YCUu4/qAA0VH4cun@ceres.local>
In-Reply-To: <F42C9849-9A69-437E-90BA-E95207F0CBFA@via.net>
References:  <F42C9849-9A69-437E-90BA-E95207F0CBFA@via.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

--Zfdrinp62pq7lptH
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 06:40:50PM -0800, joe mcguckin wrote:
>I went out and purchased a PCIe ethernet card - it uses the em driver.=20
>The system boots and it is em0.
>
>It works fine in 100Mb mode, but in gigabit mode, it does not pass any=20
>traffic although ifconfig reports
>the card as active and that it has negotiated 1000BTX full duplex.
>
>I have tried plugging both the igb and em cards into 2 different switches=
=20
>with the same result.

Hi,

Try manually setting the card's speed to gigabit mode, instead of it
auto-negotiating. Speaking from experience, I have known some cards to
show either packet loss or just not work at all if the speed isn't
nailed up when they are talking to some switches.
--=20
J.

--Zfdrinp62pq7lptH
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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=R/oW
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Zfdrinp62pq7lptH--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?YCUu4/qAA0VH4cun>