Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:23:00 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd@jdc.parodius.com Subject: SOLVED: 8.1 xl + dual-speed Netgear hub = yoyo Message-ID: <4ea558a4.knypxguulwxhau70%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4ea2e874.XnQpdCknhYCB39Py%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4ea18916.IBAr0lF5RCzEYn6G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4EA12D26.4020104@my.gd> <4ea2b29c.QmX94UmzdHW1HSBe%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20111022052952.GA2371@icarus.home.lan> <4ea2e874.XnQpdCknhYCB39Py%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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> > You can either replace the NIC with something else, > > or replace the hub. IMHO, I would replace both. > > I can replace the hub easily enough -- I have a 100-only > Netgear that _is_ a true hub (has been used successfully > for sniffing) ... That fixed it. For the archives, this particular xl (on a Dell mainboard) is not compatible with a Netgear DS-106 "dual-speed hub" at 100MB, at least using the driver that shipped with FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE. (I haven't tried other xl's, or other FreeBSD versions.) It does work with a Netgear FE-104 100-only hub.
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