Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 14:30:34 -0500 From: "Bernard J. Courtney" <berniec@bellatlantic.net> To: Brian Budnick <clubkid@bzzzz.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 100BaseT Problem Message-ID: <36D05EDA.A1807EDD@bellatlantic.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902210959010.1268-100000@stardust.bzzzz.com>
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I have had problems with Netgear cards in Windows boxes as well, they seem to have a large number of defective cards that they send out... I don't have anything against the company- they make some great hubs, and switches, but I wouldn't put a Netgear card in one of the boxes that I support. Just my $.02 BC Brian Budnick wrote: > Bernard, > > I'm not using a 3Com card in my FreeBSD machine. One is a Ne2000 card > and the other is a NetGear 2000 Card... Does anyone have any ideas? > Please help me. > > Brian. > > On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Bernard J. Courtney wrote: > > > I couldn't get my 3Com card to work with FreeBSD either...anyone have ideas- > > it is the 3c509B PCI card?? > > > > Bernie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Budnick <clubkid@bzzzz.com> > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 12:58 AM > > Subject: 100BaseT Problem > > > > > > > > > >Question: > > > > > >I currently have my FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE machine setup with two ethernet > > >cards in it. The first ethernet card is a 100-Base-T card which is > > >configured for a fake network of 10.0.0.x. The Second ethernet card is > > >a 10-Base-T card which is setup for the real network of 209.90.xxx.xxx. > > >I have natd running under type 'open' which seems to work Ok. It was > > >running great for about 1 hour and then i tried to send a file across > > >the 100-Base-T connection to the server and it locked up my FreeBSD > > >machine totally. Ever since then I have nothing but troubles with the > > >FreeBSD machine. I can't quite figure out what the problem is. On > > >bootup this is what it looks like: > > > > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: real memory = 75497472 (73728K bytes) > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: avail memory = 69853184 (68216K bytes) > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at > > >0xf0343000. > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: eisa0:7 <@@@00=0x0> unknown device > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: chip0: <Intel 82437VX PCI cache memory > > >controller> rev 0x02 on pci0.0.0 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: chip1: <Intel 82371SB PCI to ISA bridge> > > >rev 0x01 on pci0.7.0 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: ide_pci0: <Intel PIIX3 Bus-master IDE > > >controller> rev 0x00 on pci0.7.1 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: pn0: <82c168/82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> > > >rev 0x21 int a irq 10 on pci0.13.0 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: pn0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:3d:15:a6 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: pn0: autoneg complete, link status good > > >(half-duplex, 100Mbps) > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: vga0 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: : <Trident model 9420 VGA-compatible > > >display device> rev 0xc3 on pci0.14.0 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: ed1: <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (RealTek > > >8029)> rev 0x00 int a irq 11 on pci0.15.0 > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: ed1: address 00:40:c7:2b:00:bb, type > > >NE2000 (16 bit) > > > > > >Feb 20 21:08:37 stardust /kernel: IP packet filtering initialized, divert > > >enabled, rule-based forwarding disabled, unlimited logging > > > > > >I seem to have some major video problems once it locks up and i compeltely > > >turn the computer off and then back on.. I sometimes have to take the card > > >out and put it back in before i can get a display to come up. I'm not > > >sure if this is related some how? > > > > > >Is there people using FreeBSD 3.1 on 100 Base T and able to transfer files > > >across at 100 Base T speeds without any problems? What may be causing my > > >computer to completely lock up? > > > > > >Any with any ideas i would really appreciate it. > > > > > >Brian. > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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