From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 15:28:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 15:28:17 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (humpty.finadmin.Virginia.EDU [128.143.87.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60AB137B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 15:28:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrg8n@localhost) by humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA03019; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 18:32:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mrg8n) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 18:32:40 -0500 From: Mike Galvez To: Courtney Thomas Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state... dang Message-ID: <20001207183240.F747@m.mail.virginia.edu> References: <20001207085336.A303@m.mail.virginia.edu> <3A2FF2FB.41C67EA6@flash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3A2FF2FB.41C67EA6@flash.net>; from ccthomas@flash.net on Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 03:28:43PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD Sender: mrg8n@virginia.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for replying, Was this problem with FreeBSD? I'm not aware of any Bay Networks / Netgear software for FreeBSD. Part of the problem I believe is that I am in an older building with mixed topology. My area of the building is not yet re-wired so my 10/100 card plugs into a hub via UTP and then travels over 10base-2 until it reaches the nearest switch. I read the man page on ifconfig which mentions "media type" and "media opt" parameters; however, I'm not sure if this card supports any additional parameters. I looked on Netgears site and didn't find anything useful. I would be grateful if you or anyone else knows of additional parameters regarding the FA310TX. Thanks again Mike On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 03:28:43PM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote: > I had the same problem w/a cheap NIC and resolved it by getting the > vendor's software and selecting suitably functional parameters, and as I > recall I turned off tx/rx. > > Goodluck, > Courtney > > > > > > > Mike Galvez wrote: > > > > I hope someone has some wisdom to share (other than not using cheap NICs). I have > > a Netgear FA 310tx installed on my 4.0 FreeBSD box. It has worked fine for the > > last couple of months but occasionally I get the following message: > > > > dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state > > > > This message will appear on the console every now and then but yesterday and > > today, I get this message and the NIC just quits, or seems to. ifconfig dc0 shows > > it to be up and you can ping it from the console but its not sending packets over > > the lan. > > > > Until I can get a better NIC, is there a way to restart/reset this hardware > > without having to take the server down? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > > > Michael Galvez > > Computer Systems Sr. Engineer Office: 804-982-2975 > > Financial Analysis E-Mail: mrg8n@virginia.edu > > University of Virginia Messenger Mail: Carruthers Hall > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Galvez Computer Systems Sr. Engineer Office: 804-982-2975 Financial Analysis E-Mail: mrg8n@virginia.edu University of Virginia Messenger Mail: Carruthers Hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message