From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 22 20:38:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74FC8106566C for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:38:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marek_sal@wp.pl) Received: from mx3.wp.pl (mx3.wp.pl [212.77.101.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1B848FC08 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:38:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (wp-smtpd smtp.wp.pl 24808 invoked from network); 22 Dec 2011 21:38:28 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=wp.pl; s=1024a; t=1324586308; bh=YjKoyEuSLwf62RrpXZt1YLSOzsnHDOwE29LSiga80fc=; h=From:To:CC:Subject; b=RhZR8q9p0I7iI2nu/E3KKTZaQf2Doq3RW6Msr77prHmZVv1OQThmcOHAqVR2wY05K UIO/rx03RCVVmt8/bb2qvRz/D582Qfk4Sa1HBxSOJFTZAgyA0q1USnvzCnCYszFQgh rbL3bfeIk7PCrpICuY7VyhURqPT0pTd72ZDgU8hY= Received: from nat.misal.pl (HELO [127.0.0.1]) (marek_sal@[83.19.131.171]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.wp.pl (WP-SMTPD) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 22 Dec 2011 21:38:28 +0100 Message-ID: <4EF39545.3000802@wp.pl> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:38:29 +0100 From: Marek Salwerowicz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lrh@alum.mit.edu References: <201112221018.54462.lrh@alum.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201112221018.54462.lrh@alum.mit.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-WP-AV: skaner antywirusowy poczty Wirtualnej Polski S. A. X-WP-SPAM: NO 0000000 [0ZPE] Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re%d on FitPC2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:38:30 -0000 W dniu 2011-12-22 18:18, Dr. Lyman Hazelton pisze: > Hi! First post to this list. Was directed here from FreeBSD Forums. > > I'm trying to get FreeBSD running on a FitPC2. The install of 8.2 Release > failed to even complete when it found the network. I downloaded 9.0-RC and > installed it, and was delighted when the new installer worked perfectly and > the install recognized the RealTek hardware and assigned re0 to it. I can > ping the system at it's assigned address (192.168.0.25 netmask 255.255.255.0, > default router and nameserver are both 192.168.0.1, which is working with my > other two FreeBSD machines). However, if I try to do anything at all to > another address (like, say, the default router at 192.168.0.1), I get "re0: > watchdog timeout". When I look at dmesg, it shows that every time I do > anything involving another address, the network goes down, the watchdog > message occurs, and then the network comes back up again. > > I have heard that at least one other user has gotten the FitPC2 to work with > the re driver, so, at least in theory, it should work. Question is how? > > Any advice deeply appreciated! > Hi, have you tried recompilling kernel (GENERIC, with other types of NIC supported) on your own? As someone wrote you in forum, the driver may be wrong. What's the NIC chipset? Regards, -- Marek Salwerowicz