Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:04:39 -0600 From: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com> To: Olafur Osvaldsson <oli@isnic.is> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network errors Message-ID: <3DDA44F7.3020500@iaces.com> References: <20021119131950.GM19604@isnic.is>
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What kind of switch are you plugging into? Older versions of Solaris and older versions of code on Cisco Catalysts have a real hard time playing together. Olafur Osvaldsson wrote: > Hi, > A short time ago I installed FreeBSD to sparc for the first time, everything > has been excellent except when I tried to set the hme interface to 100MB-FD > in the ifconfig setup at startup from rc.conf. > When I try that the interface goes up and I can ping the localhost and the local > IP address but am unable to get any traffic to or from the network, the switch > also shows the interface as up but sees no traffic from it. > > If I on the other hand start the machine without the media and mediaopt flags > for ifconfig in rc.conf and run "ifconfig media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex" > by hand after startup I have no problems and the interface is fixed to that > speed and duplex. > > System info: > > FreeBSD fundinn.rhnet.is 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Nov 19 11:45:38 GMT 2002 root@fundinn.rhnet.is:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC sparc64 > > on Sun netra T1 > > If you need more info just ask... > > /Oli > -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S PAG: +1 (877) 693-7155 Minneapolis, MN 55413 WRK: +1 (612) 664-3385 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 664-4779 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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