From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 16:33:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F54D16A41C for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:33:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vinny@tellurian.com) Received: from mail1.tellurian.net (mail1.tellurian.net [216.182.1.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C347E43D4C for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:33:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vinny@tellurian.com) Received: from leviathon.tellurian.com (leviathon.tellurian.net [216.182.41.250]) by mail1.tellurian.net ([216.182.1.23] Tellurian Networks Mail Server version 3.0d-2) with ESMTP id 234864098 for multiple; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:33:31 -0400 Message-Id: <6.2.3.3.2.20050619123234.04e2b850@pop3.tellurian.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.3 Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:33:59 -0400 To: Marcin Koziej From: Vinny Abello In-Reply-To: <20050619110902.GA705@daedalus.desk.pl> References: <20050618234921.GA1740@daedalus.desk.pl> <20050619110902.GA705@daedalus.desk.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Authenticated-User: vinny@tellurian.com X-Ultimate-Internet-Connection: Tellurian Networks Cc: , Tom Pepper , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re0 "no carrier" problem - Patches found in archives didn't work. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:33:33 -0000 At 07:09 AM 6/19/2005, Marcin Koziej wrote: >[04:12 19-06-2005] Tom Pepper > > this may seem obvious, but do you still have the same issue if you > > statically define the mediatype to a fixed link speed and duplex? > > lots of interfaces have problems negotiating autoselect with > > switches, as protocols vary widely. the blinking is indicative of > > autoselect setup woes... > >This wasn't obvious for me! Thanks for the answer! > >When I set the media by hand it showed 'active', but no data could >be transmitted >(yellow link diode on switch, not blinking). I then pulled the >switch with my home >lan from the wall and plugged my re0 instead - It worked! > >So this seems to be the %$R#(@%*$ switch issue. The funny thing is, >that with media >set manually (or sometimes with autoselect) everything works fine >with this switch >(i have used it all day yesterday till evening without problem). >Now, when i wait >some time with media manually set, it starts transmitting data and >everything works fine. >Why does it happen? Why is it so unpredictible? Can it be fixed in software, >or should i throw the switch out the window and by a new one? I may be replying to the wrong thread, but if I remember a previous post, this is for a realtek gig-e card going to a gig-e switch... Just another obvious point but you are using either Cat-5e or Cat-6 cables, right? Just thought I'd offer another obvious suggestion. :) Vinny Abello Network Engineer Server Management vinny@tellurian.com (973)300-9211 x 125 (973)940-6125 (Direct) PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" -- Mark Twain