Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:31:42 +1100 (EST) From: Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: bge(4) problem Message-ID: <20060221001623.C1003@laptop.lan> In-Reply-To: <20060220124350.GK96737@FreeBSD.org> References: <43767.150.101.159.26.1140420612.squirrel@mailbox.TU-Berlin.DE> <20060220124350.GK96737@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Gleb, thanks for your help. > P> But I have a problem with two dual port Broadcom cards plugged in into > P> this box: > P> <Broadcom BCM5704C Dual Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x2100> > > Not related to problem, but how did you managed to install two PCI > cards into 1U server? There is a adapter so they are sitting parallel to the mainboard. > Are the NICs a copper ones? Do they work properly against each other, > or against any other equipment? Yes, they are copper. I did not try to connect them against each other but I tried to connect them to the data centre uplink (100 MBit, I do not know what it is..anyway, the onboard cards are working with it.) It worked with 100MBit but I saw the same packet loss there. > Since you are connecting them to a switch that is 1000 km away, I > suppose you are using some media converters; what equipment is the NIC > connected to? Sorry, I wasn't clear. Both, Dell Powerswitch and server, are 1000 km away (in Sydney, I am sitting in Melbourne) but they are both in the same rack connected by a 2m CAT-6 cable. The fact that I am 1000km away limits my ability to access the hardware. I only have remote console access. > Do you have a proven evidence that Linux works properly in the same setup? > What is the version of Linux kernel? I tried a Fedora Core 4 rescue CD. All NICs were working fine with them. It is a 2.6.11 kernel (heavily patched by Red Hat so it is far from being a vanilla 2.6.11). Thanks again for your answer Peter
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