Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 15:48:31 -0400 From: Rami AlZaid <rami@alzaid.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SiS 900 ethernet MAC address all zeros (me too) Message-ID: <20010923154831.D94332@alzaid.net> In-Reply-To: <20010923152858.C27640@goof.com> References: <20010923152858.C27640@goof.com>
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On 09/23/01 03:28PM or some time around that time, Jon-Erik Lido wrote: > Back in December/Januare Oliver Crow mentioned a problem with his > onboard SiS 900 ethernet reporting a MAC address of all zeros. > > I have the same problem, but I haven't been able to work around it. > The mainboard uses the SiS 735 chipset > FreeBSD reports: > > sis0: <Sis 900 10/100BaseTX> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xcffdd000-0xcffddfff irq 10 at device 3.0 on pci0 > sis0: Ethernet address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 > sis0: MII without any PHY! > device_probe_and_attach: sis0 attach returned 6 > > Unlike Oliver, I can't figure out how to get the device to work. Dispite > having an address of all zeros, networking worked for him. Later he > mentioned getting a tip from Ben Hochstrasser on using "ifconfig lladdr" > to force a MAC address like: > > ifconfig dc0 lladdr 60:00:00:00:00:00 > > (I assume that this example was for the DEC ethernet adapters and not > the SiS 900.) > > Adding a similar lladdr to my ifconfig_sis0 line in rc.conf seems to > have no effect. > > How do I get this device to work? > I have a Linksys LNE100TX and I sometimes face the same problem under DOS. I'm not sure if it's the same problem or not but turning off the machine and turning it back on always helped solve the problem. -- Rami AlZaid <rami (at) alzaid (dot) com> * ICQ # 1071118 WebPages: www.alzaid.com * www.wooyeah.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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