From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 4 22:00:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA09665 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 22:00:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.exo.net.au (sky-valley.exo.net.au [203.14.230.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA09646 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 22:00:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bullseye.apana.org.au!andymac@mail.exo.net.au) Received: by mail.exo.net.au id m0z3vgT-0004voC (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:00:21 +1000 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA20908; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:33:32 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 08:27:15 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: Alex Helbig cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACER 10/100 Ethernet Card in 2.2.7-RELEASE In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980803153919.009ee150@ada.somerville.qld.edu.au> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Alex Helbig wrote: > I am having some hassles with the above mentioned card. This card uses a > digital 21140-AF chip which 2.2.7 recognises as de0. The card is 10/100 > autosensing. {....} > Since the upgrade I have installed and everything is working correctly, > except that roughly every two seconds I get a message on the console saying: > de0: link down: cable problem? > > But it all works! Any ideas why the error message? > > Points to note: > * I am running up the box on a 10Mb segment not the 100Mb where it will > eventually be. > But the 3com card was quite happy yo move back and forth between speeds. > * I never tried the DEC based card under 2.2.6 to know if the problem > existed there too. > * I have tried using ifconfig to set each of the LINK0-2 flags and no > setting of this > seems to make any difference. The de driver requires use of the ifconfig "media" and "mediaopt" options rather than the "link[0-2]" flag(s). The de manpage describes the available settings. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message