From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Nov 5 9:55:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7876D37B416 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 09:55:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (v-ger [158.227.6.51]) by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fA5HtI103670 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:55:18 +0100 (MET) Received: (from jose@localhost) by v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fA5Hspx00428 for mobile@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:54:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jose) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:54:51 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" To: mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Xircom CE3-10/100 (xe(4)) cannot receive multicast frames Message-ID: <20011105185451.A392@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have just started to play with IPv6, and after trying to autoconfigure the laptop's xe0 interface without any success, I found that the ICMPv6 route advertisements (which travel encapsulated into multicast Ethernet frames, with dst address 33:33:0:0:0:1) were not being received by the interface. However, a "netstat -a" shows clearly that multicast address: Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Coll xe0 1500 00:10:a4:e8:6f:b6 3199 0 24 8 0 33:33:e6:ef:ce:85 33:33:0:0:0:1 33:33:ff:e8:6f:b6 1:0:5e:0:0:1 The xe card, however, sends multicast ethernet frames without any problem. Then, I used another PCMCIA ethernet card (a NE2000 clone) and everything worked fine. Obviously something is seriously broken in the xe(4) driver or in the xe hardware. BTW, the card is a Xircom RealPort 100 (equivalent to the CE3-10/100). Some xe(4) guru out there? Cheers, JMA -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message