Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:55:43 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: dkelly@HiWAAY.net (David Kelly) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel-for-Gateway2000 10/100 fxp problems Message-ID: <to46rtoieir8kfiu9po7gnkoujrg9f5cbh@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <SEN.1001554857.953365588@news.sentex.net> References: <SEN.1001554857.953365588@news.sentex.net>
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 01:40:57 +0000 (UTC), in = sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: > >The problem is the cards are recognized and initialized. Everything is=20 >perfect. Except they can't hear a thing off the wire. Or if they do=20 >they don't communicate it back to FreeBSD. Can watch the NIC LED and=20 >hub LED flash when emitting pings, and the target machine's NIC flash=20 >as well (forgot, that might not be a good test as its on a hub not=20 >switch).=20 How recent is your copy of stable ? 4.4R has a bunch of changes to the = fxp driver. > >dmesg seems happy: > >fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0xdc80-0xdcbf mem = 0xff000000-0xff0f >ffff,0xff100000-0xff100fff irq 11 at device 15.0 on pci0 >fxp0: Ethernet address 00:03:47:0c:64:44 >inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 >inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > >ifconfig lists correct media and claims "status: active". > Try explicitly setting the media type. e.g.=20 ifconfig fxp0 media 100baseT/UTP > >Is there something goofy going on such as this card such as irq-A/B or=20 >??? Something simple? Maybe something to do with PnP? Make sure in the BIOS, plug and play OS is OFF > >While I'm testing my luck, if I get them working, anyone know how to >disable the "Intel network boot thingie 2.6 initiallizing" message at >startup? Yes, in the BIOS, disable "Boot from LAN" ---Mike Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) =09 Sentex Communications Corp, =09 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers=20 could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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