Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:32:01 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Macronix NIC not up to snuff? Message-ID: <20000828173201.L33771@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <20000828173009.G8519@numachi.com>; from reichert@numachi.com on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 05:30:09PM -0400 References: <20000828165847.A9262@numachi.com> <20000828170838.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000828173009.G8519@numachi.com>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 05:30:09PM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote:
> > > Both of these boxes work fine with our FlowPoint DSL router, a
> > > cheesy 3Com 10bT hub, and an even cheesier Ark Technologies
> > > autosensing switch.
> > >
> > > I'm installing a Cisco Catalyst 2924 XL running IOS Version
> > > 11.2(8)SA3.
> >
> > Crisco ethernet switches are notorious for screwing up autodetect.
>
> That may very well be, but only these cards are suffering.
>
> > Force them with media or mediaopt, and force the duplex and speed
> > on the cisco and see if that helps.
>
> This might be a useful workaraound (which I'll try later), but it
> doesn't clear my worries that it's the NIC+OS combination that's
> wonky...
Logically, you say the combination works find with:
A dsl router
a 3com hub
an offbrand switch
but it doesn't work with:
the cisco.
search the mail archives, this has been brought up before.
--
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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