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From: Justin Stanford <jus@security.za.net>
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Subject: Re: Gigabyte 1U GS-SR101 Server and Onboard Intel NIC  trouble..
 anyone?
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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

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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)
> > >
> 
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