Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 00:29:41 +0200 (SAST) From: Justin Stanford <jus@security.za.net> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gigabyte 1U GS-SR101 Server and Onboard Intel NIC trouble.. anyone? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109160028500.24155-100000@athena.za.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010915181800.0244a908@192.168.0.12>
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Hm, yes, it turns out that the server's mobo is a GA-6VXDR7, the closest I could find to that model was a VIA chipset mobo on Gigabyte's website.. in anycase, I'll cvsup, and pray.. Thanks, /j -- Justin Stanford Internet/Network Security & Solutions Consultant 4D Digital Security http://www.4dds.co.za Cell: (082) 7402741 E-Mail: jus@security.za.net PGP Key: http://www.security.za.net/jus-pgp-key.txt On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 12:05 AM 9/16/2001 +0200, Justin Stanford wrote: > >I have no idea what motherboard is in there.. and Gigabyte's website > >doesn't reveal much.. in anycase, I'll cvsup the machine to the latest 4.4 > >release and try from there. What still bothers me is that the one NIC > >works fine but the other doesn't.. > > Actually, I just had a quick search and it seems to be VIA chipset > based. Still, it might be one of the newer i82562ET based Intels. Its > worth a shot. > > ---Mike > > > >Thanks a lot, > >/j > > > >-- > >Justin Stanford > >Internet/Network Security & Solutions Consultant > >4D Digital Security > >http://www.4dds.co.za > >Cell: (082) 7402741 > >E-Mail: jus@security.za.net > >PGP Key: http://www.security.za.net/jus-pgp-key.txt > > > >On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > > > On 15 Sep 2001 10:47:38 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Has anyone else experienced this trouble? I hesitate to think that it is a > > > >faulty NIC, but that's all I can think of right now.. is there a known > > > >problem with FreeBSD and this hardware? GNATS and a search of the mailling > > > >lists doesn't seem to reveal anything. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this board based on the Intel 815e chipset by chance ? The Intel NICs on > > > those boards need 4.4Release (or 4.3 STABLE from late August) to work > > > properly. > > > > > > ---Mike > > > Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) > > > Sentex Communications Corp, > > > Waterloo, Ontario, Canada > > > "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers > > > could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 > Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net > Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net > Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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