From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Nov 28 9:22: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9F037B6A3 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:22:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA03316; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:19:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011281719.JAA03316@implode.root.com> To: "David" Cc: "William Schmidt" , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/22768: fxp get slow often! In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:31:55 EST." <003101c05950$57a10500$fb53f2d0@wmol.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:19:29 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Hello, > I also have an Intel NIC (fxp0). I must manually set it at 10BaseT/UTP >for it to work on the network. If its set at 100BaseTX, i can't ping >anything except for the interface itself. I've also had the problem with a >Linksys 10/100 NIC (dc0). This started happening sometime in the 4.x >series. I don't remember having any trouble in FreeBSD 3.x. > >I know they both work at 100BaseTX, because I used both perfectly running >Windows ME. > >Anyone having any solutions? Or is there a problem with something in the >4.x drivers? The only significant changes that have been made to the driver since 3.x have been in the PCI bus area, which affected many/most drivers. I'm wondering if there is something quirky about your motherboard(s) that might not be getting along with these changes, especially when you've both mentioned problems with other fast ethernet cards as well. What type of motherboard do you have? -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message