Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:02:26 -0700 From: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Troubles with a KNE100TX PCI NIC w/clone DEC 21143 chipset (Intel clone) Message-ID: <38965AD2.A7234D60@infowest.com>
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Hello,
I've been wondering if anyone has any experience with the Kingston
KNE100TX PCI ethernet cards under FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE (a mid-January
CVSUP)? I grabbed a new pair of these cards recently (it was a good
deal and I thought I'd recalled someone mentioning that this clone
chipset--and this particular card--worked fine). Since then I haven't
been able to get it to work. When I boot, I see:
de0: <Digital 21143 Fast Ethernet> rev 0x41 int a irq 12 on pci0.9.0
de0: 21143 [10-100Mb/s] pass 4.1 (invalid EESPROM checksum)
de0: address 00:c0:f0:4c:3b:8c
The card ifconfig's just fine and does detect things:
de0: flags=8c43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.10.54.211 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.10.54.255
ether 00:c0:f0:4c:3b:8c
media: 10baseT/UTP status: active
supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
I've tried it plugged into a 10baseT hub with known working cables (the
hub LEDs light up correctly as does the card's LEDs), full-duplex and
half-duplex, with a cross-over cable connected to another box with a
working 10/100 card, etc. but in all cases, while everything lights up
and looks connected, zero traffic is emitted and no traffic is
received. I'm puzzled.
I am concerned about the "invalid EESPROM checksum" bit. Could the
Intel clone chipset be the problem (an unsupported clone chipset)?
Looking for any input,
Aaron out.
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