From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 5 10:13:24 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21AD337B401 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:13:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from nemesis.systems.pipex.net (nemesis.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68F7243EB2 for ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:13:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by nemesis.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87751160080C7; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 18:13:04 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Network cards for a firewall server? From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: Magnus Johansson Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20030105180137.3126.qmail@usa.com> References: <20030105180137.3126.qmail@usa.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1041790391.51041.94.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 05 Jan 2003 18:13:11 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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