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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:01:53 -0700
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>Hello all,
>
>I recently installed FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE on a new Compaq Deskpro EN. It has
>an Intel Etherexpress Pro 100 built into the motherboard (82559?). After
>compiling a new kernel (-STABLE, Oct. 12) for it, the NIC is detected. I do
>have one problem with the NIC though: I keep getting timeout errors.
>Sometimes the NIC comes back, sometimes I have to reboot... 
>
>I have included output from dmesg. Any help would be appreciated...

   This kind of sounds like there might be a cabling problem. Also, is this
connected to a switch or a hub? Did it ever work reliably (with previous
versions of FreeBSD)?
   BTW, freebsd-hardware is not the proper list to report problems.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com
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