Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:11:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: de0 under 2.2-STABLE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970729220848.26870B-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970729130656.4043A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, spork wrote: > Jul 29 13:00:05 newporn /kernel: de0: link down: cable problem? > > If the cable is plugged back in, the link is dead and the link LED on the > card flashes. netstat -i will freeze after the first line is output. If Use a "-n" too, because it is probably hanging because DNS is unreachable. > I give it a "ifconfig de0 down" and then "ifconfig de0 up" it comes back > and works fine and has a solid link light. > > Is this a known problem? And if so, is there a fix in the works, or is The "ifconfig down", "ifconfig up" is the solution. Just don't unplug the card. The severity of this problem depends on the card you use. > support for the Digital cards going away? No, not at all. Correct media detection is major pain with those cards, though. > Someone had suggested getting the de0 package from 3am-software.com; can > anyone give me a "yay" or "nay" on that? > > Thanks much, > > Charles Tom
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