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Date:      Sat, 05 May 2001 14:07:42 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Michael Han <mikehan@mikehan.com>
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel 82562 fxp problem
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20010505140526.0239ced8@192.168.0.12>
In-Reply-To: <20010505101127.B39338@giles.mikehan.com>
References:  <1d37ftkfr8gcp1jcg5vu3dosmbbjdn6s31@4ax.com> <20010504140519.A33085@giles.mikehan.com> <SEN.989011534.645154124@news.sentex.net> <1d37ftkfr8gcp1jcg5vu3dosmbbjdn6s31@4ax.com>

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At 10:11 AM 5/5/2001 -0700, Michael Han wrote:
>On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 01:27:35AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> >
> > This sounds like the same problem I have been reporting to jlemon with his
> > version of the driver. Same type of motherboard/chipset/issue.  A plain old
> > PCI version of the nic is just fine in the same box with the same drivers.
> > I am guessing that the problem is somehow related to flow control in the
> > IBM switch I am using as the problem does not seem to be there when the
> > card is in my compaq switch.  When I get the device timeouts,
>
>Given the fact that I can pick up all kinds of stuff on the ether
>using tcpdump(8), I'd have to conclude I must be on a hub, not a
>switch. That or I'm on a monitor port (or the equivalent) on a switch.


Or you are picking up broadcast traffic.... what does

ifconfig fxp0

show ?  What is the model number of the device you are plugged into ?

         ---Mike

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