From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 10 08:36:28 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 EF11916A419 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:36:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from s200aog14.obsmtp.com (s200aog14.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 393A413C458 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:36:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from source ([213.206.147.173]) by eu1sys200aob014.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:36:15 UTC Received: from [10.0.0.89] (bill.mintel.co.uk [10.0.0.89]) by rodney.mintel.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 012A5181427; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:36:14 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <46E501FE.7050809@tomjudge.com> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:36:14 +0100 From: Tom Judge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Bennett References: <200709100149.l8A1nhLv018269@mp.cs.niu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200709100149.l8A1nhLv018269@mp.cs.niu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 08:36:29 -0000 Scott Bennett wrote: > 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? > Hi, Try removing the device from the system then running "kldload if_axe" and then plugging the device back in. It should then be detected correctly. Tom