From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 6 20:41: 8 2002 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 B3DAD37B400 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2002 20:41:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kitana.asti.dost.gov.ph (kitana.asti.dost.gov.ph [202.90.128.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C7343E31 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 2002 20:41:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carlaq@asti.dost.gov.ph) Received: from [202.90.129.82] (unknown [202.90.129.82]) by kitana.asti.dost.gov.ph (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9940F25813; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 11:38:02 +0800 (PHT) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 11:42:22 +0800 (PHT) From: carla quiblat X-Sender: carlaq@ph-sfc-sat.ai3.net To: Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OFF: My Intel EtherExpress only works on direct cross connection. In-Reply-To: <3D279CCA.3040703@hostname.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm not sure if this could help but can you check the media type and set it to autoselect if it isn't already (ifconfig [iface])? If it already is, does it show 10baseT/UTP? In one OpenBSD box here, I got it working with 10baseT only, the other types won't work. I don't really have the specs of the EEPro100 so I can't say if it's supposed to work with 100baseT but here, it just doesn't. HTH, carla On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto wrote: > Hi. > > This is not a FreeBSD specific. > > I'm having strange problems in my Intel EtherExpress 100 network card. > > FOr some reason, it only work when i use a direct conection using a cross cable to another computer. > > If i try to use a switch or hub. This card is unable to receive any packets ( but is capable of send ). > > So. i can send a arp request, but unable to receive the answer. > > The remote computers ( 3com/sis/realtek ), the cable( cat5 cross and single ), and the switch( and hub ) are ok. > > I'm really confused. i can imagine why it works on direct cross connection, but when i try to use a hub using cross and normal cat5 cable, i can't receive any packets. ( ifconfig/sniffers show 0 packets RX ). > > Can someone help me? > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message