Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:41:07 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: Brian McCann <bjmccann@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Broadcom bce interface problems Message-ID: <4AD47563.8050206@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <2b5f066d0910130531w7a7bf6aft81fd3782b7754e27@mail.gmail.com> References: <2b5f066d0910130531w7a7bf6aft81fd3782b7754e27@mail.gmail.com>
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Brian McCann wrote: > I'm having problems with the bce interface on a FreeBSD 7.2 install, using > an IBM BladeCenter HS21 machine. The machine uses the NetXtreme II card. > The really strange thing here is, the switch shows a link, but the card > shows no carrier in the setup. It started working for a few seconds at one > point when I reset the switch (at least, I think that's what I did), and it > detected 1000BaseSX as the media and showed a status of active, but promptly > went away. If I try setting the media type manually, that doesn't appear to > work. > Has anyone seen this or have any ideas? Try forcing the interface to 'up': # ifconfig bce0 up If that works, add it to the /etc/rc.conf: # echo 'ifconfig_bce0="up"' >> /etc/rc.conf Steve
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