From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 15 12: 9: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from eyore.dhs.org (cc886654-b.whmh1.md.home.com [24.3.58.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F6AA14ED6 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:09:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gandolf@eyore.dhs.org) Received: from localhost (gandolf@localhost) by eyore.dhs.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA01295; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:06:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gandolf@eyore.dhs.org) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:06:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Hamilton To: Doug White Cc: Jeff Hamilton , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, John Dowdal Subject: Re: Network problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Jeff Hamilton wrote: > > > I'm having problems with networking under FreeBSD. I'm running > > 2.2.8-Stable (see dmesg output below), and my network cards are not > > working properly. During bootup, I get the following messages after the > > interfaces are ifconfiged: > > > > Apr 14 23:52:51 cc578451-A /kernel: xl0: watchdog timeout > > Apr 14 23:52:51 cc578451-A /kernel: fxp0: device timeout > > Busted interrupts, I bet. > > > > > The xl0 message repeats continuosly, along with error messages from natd, > > and both networks are unreachable. > > > > Does anyone know anything that I can do to fix this? > > Let me grab the appropriate lines here ... > > > xl0 <3Com 3c905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100BaseTX> rev 48 int a irq 5 on > > pci0:19:0 > > fxp0 rev 5 int a irq 9 on > > pci0:20:0 > > Verify that no devices are occupying IRQ 5 or 9 that aren't recognized by > FreeBSD. Also try shuffling the order of PCI cards on your bus, and avoid > using the bottom-most slot (closest to the ISA slots). IRQ 5 and 9 were both shown as unused by the system bios before I installed the 2 NIC's. FreeBSD recognizes all devices in the system, and there are no conflicts with any of them listed in the dmesg output. (at least none that I see) I'll try switching the card order. Unfortunately, this motherboard only has 2 PCI slots, with the IDE/Floppy/Video/sound cards built-in. I have to use the PCI slot next to the ISA slots (it's actually a shared PCI/ISA slot). Which card is better to use with FreeBSD, the 3com905B or the Intel EtherExpress Pro? I may remove 1 of the PCI cards, and put my old 3com509 ISA card back in. Thanks for the help. Jeff Hamilton gandolf@destiny.erols.com > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message