Date: 05 Jan 2003 18:13:11 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Magnus Johansson <lmj@mail.usa.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network cards for a firewall server? Message-ID: <1041790391.51041.94.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20030105180137.3126.qmail@usa.com> References: <20030105180137.3126.qmail@usa.com>
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Hello, On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 18:01, Magnus Johansson wrote: > Hello everyone > > I am trying to build a firewall server with FreeBSD 4.7, but I'm having some problems with the network cards. > > When I install it with two Netgear FA-310TX network cards, I get the "dc0: watchdog timeout" messages. > > If I try two Intel PRO/100 cards, I get the "fxp0: DMA timeout" and "fxp0: SCB timeout" messages. > > Searching the mailing lists the problems for both these types of cards seems to be reasonably well known. I tried moving the cards around the > PCI-slots, but without any success. What motherboard are you using? Can you post each card's dmesg entries here? Initially, you might want to ensure that the P 'n P OS options in the BIOS settings are disabled. > > Anyone who can recommend network cards with less problems for a firewall server (or knows the solution to these problems). > Check back with that info and and when you can. Regards, Stacey > Thanks > Magnus > > (I am not on the mailing list) -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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