From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 11 18:11:27 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 EAF7816A41C for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:11:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@day-light.com) Received: from joseph.day-light.net (gabriel.day-light.net [209.145.160.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F98843D45 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:11:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@day-light.com) Received: from w1 (unknown [10.1.5.36]) by joseph.day-light.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 516C34F40B; Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:11:26 -0500 (CDT) From: "John Brooks" To: "dave" , Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:11:36 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <000301c5863f$e6c59fe0$0200a8c0@satellite> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Cc: Subject: RE: two 3C905B's in 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: john@day-light.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:11:28 -0000 you may need to set the parameters of the card with a vendor specific utility. depending upon your bios, you may also need to disable pnp (also a vendor specific utility) and then manually set the irq and memory addr. -- John Brooks john@day-light.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of dave > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:42 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Subject: two 3C905B's in 5.4 > > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >