From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 11 17:43:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED6B16A41C; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:43:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmehler26@woh.rr.com) Received: from ms-smtp-01-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4555E43D45; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:43:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmehler26@woh.rr.com) Received: from satellite (cpe-71-65-68-238.woh.res.rr.com [71.65.68.238]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id j6BHh5WY000901; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:43:05 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000301c5863f$e6c59fe0$0200a8c0@satellite> From: "dave" To: Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:42:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: two 3C905B's in 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: dave List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 17:43:09 -0000 Hello, I've got a 5.4 box that's going to be a router. It has two 3C905B cards in it and i'm having a blank fill it in as you wish, of a time getting the cards working. Neither card likes dhcp, sometimes i'll start dhclient and the cards will work, sometimes they won't. If i give the -v option to dhclient i get the message network is unreachable, see readme about broadcast address. I know this isn't a cable modem issue or a cable, because i plugged in an old 3c509 isa card and it worked the first time, this fix isn't practical for this setup. An ifconfig check shows both 905's in autonegociation mode 100-mbit tx, i'm wondering if i should manually set them to something, but am unsure as to what. One card one time gave me the waiting to transmit error message as mentioned in the man page and it took a reboot to fix it. I've checked the bios on this box and it's pnp os option is off. Any help appreciated. If more information is needed ask, i will send it. Thanks. Dave.