From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 11 17:54:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA26606 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 17:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thecore.com (root@guardian.thecore.com [206.136.149.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA26600 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 17:54:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (sfinn@localhost) by thecore.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA26677; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:54:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:54:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Shaun To: support@gwis.com cc: support@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 is not working with supposedly supported SMC card In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Dan Roberts wrote: > I'm building a new news server for my ISP, and we chose the SMC EtherPower > 10/100 (Model 9332) because it came highly recommended, especially for use > with FreeBSD. Today I assembled the machine and made the boot floppy for > 2.2.2.. when the machine powered up, the link light came on, however as > soon as the boot up went by and de0: device was detected, the link light > went out and the ethernet card ceased to operate. I substituted a cheap > NE2000 card to install the OS, and then tried compiling my own custom > kernel, replaced the card and the same thing happened. > > There is no mention of this in the handbook or faq as far as I can see.. > Can you assist, please? Thanks. I had the same problem but never persued a solution as I was in a hurry to get the machine online and I had another 10Mbps only SMC card available which worked immediately. The problem appeared to be that FreeBSD detected the card and automatically switched it into 100Mbps mode with no regard for my network which is only 10Mbps. The same card worked fine when I placed it into a W95 box on the same network. The card is supposed to auto-detect the network and switch appropriately, but it appeared that FreeBSD was overriding that somehow or for some reason. Anybody have more info? +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Shaun M. Finn TechnoCore Communications, Inc. | | sfinn@thecore.com P.O. Box 106 | | (732)928-7400 FAX:(732)928-7402 Jackson, NJ 08527-0106 | +------------------- http://www.thecore.com/ ----------------------+