Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:33:59 -0400 From: Vinny Abello <vinny@tellurian.com> To: Marcin Koziej <creep@daedalus.desk.pl> Cc: , Tom Pepper <tom@blorp.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: re0 "no carrier" problem - Patches found in archives didn't work. Message-ID: <6.2.3.3.2.20050619123234.04e2b850@pop3.tellurian.com> In-Reply-To: <20050619110902.GA705@daedalus.desk.pl> References: <20050618234921.GA1740@daedalus.desk.pl> <BEAF69C8-DB9E-4554-A3CC-7749F5C9D2CA@blorp.com> <20050619110902.GA705@daedalus.desk.pl>
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At 07:09 AM 6/19/2005, Marcin Koziej wrote: >[04:12 19-06-2005] Tom Pepper <tom@blorp.com> > > this may seem obvious, but do you still have the same issue if you > > statically define the mediatype to a fixed link speed and duplex? > > lots of interfaces have problems negotiating autoselect with > > switches, as protocols vary widely. the blinking is indicative of > > autoselect setup woes... > >This wasn't obvious for me! Thanks for the answer! > >When I set the media by hand it showed 'active', but no data could >be transmitted >(yellow link diode on switch, not blinking). I then pulled the >switch with my home >lan from the wall and plugged my re0 instead - It worked! > >So this seems to be the %$R#(@%*$ switch issue. The funny thing is, >that with media >set manually (or sometimes with autoselect) everything works fine >with this switch >(i have used it all day yesterday till evening without problem). >Now, when i wait >some time with media manually set, it starts transmitting data and >everything works fine. >Why does it happen? Why is it so unpredictible? Can it be fixed in software, >or should i throw the switch out the window and by a new one? I may be replying to the wrong thread, but if I remember a previous post, this is for a realtek gig-e card going to a gig-e switch... Just another obvious point but you are using either Cat-5e or Cat-6 cables, right? Just thought I'd offer another obvious suggestion. :) Vinny Abello Network Engineer Server Management vinny@tellurian.com (973)300-9211 x 125 (973)940-6125 (Direct) PGP Key Fingerprint: 3BC5 9A48 FC78 03D3 82E0 E935 5325 FBCB 0100 977A Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com (888)TELLURIAN "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear" -- Mark Twain
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