From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 10 02:48:09 2007 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 71BC016A419 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.68.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D1F913C478 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8A1nhTb018270 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:49:43 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:49:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200709100149.l8A1nhLv018269@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: axe(4) and Linksys USB200M question 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: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:48:09 -0000 My Dell Inspiron XPS has just one built-in Ethernet port, and I need to have at least one other. Armed with a printed copy of Section 3.2 of the FreeBSD 6.2 Harware Notes, I went to the several electronics stores, looking to find a device on the list of supported devices. Eventually, I found and bought two Linksys USB200M Compact USB 2.0 Network Adapters, which are listed in the Hardware Notes as being supported by the axe(4) driver. Comments in if_axe.c specifically refer to the USB200M as a supported model. So, thinking I had found what I needed, I hooked one up to a USB port and booted my FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE system. The kernel did recognize that there was something attached to the USB port, but the device type was not identified, and no driver was associated with it, and therefore no axe0 network interface was created in the kernel. I've also tried connecting the card while the system was already up and running. Here's the resulting message in /var/log/messages: Sep 9 20:35:07 hellas kernel: ugen0: vendor 0x13b1 product 0x0018, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 3 Disconnecting the device yielded the following messages: Sep 9 20:36:15 hellas kernel: ugen0: at uhub4 port 6 (addr 3) disconnected Sep 9 20:36:15 hellas kernel: All threads purged from ugen0.3 Sep 9 20:36:15 hellas kernel: All threads purged from ugen0.2 Sep 9 20:36:15 hellas kernel: All threads purged from ugen0.1 Sep 9 20:36:15 hellas kernel: All threads purged from ugen0 Sep 9 20:36:15 hellas kernel: ugen0: detached Is the Linksys USB200M supported or not? What am I missing here? Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************