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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:30:09 -0400
From:      Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>
Cc:        Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Macronix NIC not up to snuff?
Message-ID:  <20000828173009.G8519@numachi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000828170838.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com>; from billf@chimesnet.com on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 05:08:38PM -0400
References:  <20000828165847.A9262@numachi.com> <20000828170838.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com>

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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 05:08:38PM -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:58:47PM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote:
> > 
> > Both of these boxes work fine with our FlowPoint DSL router, a
> > cheesy 3Com 10bT hub, and an even cheesier Ark Technologies
> > autosensing switch.
> > 
> > I'm installing a Cisco Catalyst 2924 XL running IOS Version
> > 11.2(8)SA3.
> 
> Crisco ethernet switches are notorious for screwing up autodetect.

That may very well be, but only these cards are suffering.

> Force them with media or mediaopt, and force the duplex and speed
> on the cisco and see if that helps.

This might be a useful workaraound (which I'll try later), but it
doesn't clear my worries that it's the NIC+OS combination that's
wonky...

(I have other 4.x boxes with other NICs that work fine...)

> -- 
> Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
>                 billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org

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