From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 18 22:06:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6307106566C for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 22:06:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arab@tangerine-army.co.uk) Received: from smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A2E8FC22 for ; Mon, 18 May 2009 22:06:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from arab@tangerine-army.co.uk) Received: from [172.23.170.144] (helo=anti-virus03-07) by smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1M6Ayn-00056F-Ge; Mon, 18 May 2009 23:06:41 +0100 Received: from [94.168.153.236] (helo=Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl) by asmtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1M6Aym-00082h-0E; Mon, 18 May 2009 23:06:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 23:05:56 +0100 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Message-ID: <01FB8F39BAD0BD49A6D0DA8F7897392956B8@Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310905181458q431a2110rf2aa1006ea5fcdd0@mail.gmail.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: dell broadcom nic & fbsd 7.1 AMD64 Thread-Index: AcnYA+mb6A2Na3HSS7+RFnW5XKRAUwAAKi0g References: <200905182337.AA1206190438@mail.Go2France.com> <4ad871310905181458q431a2110rf2aa1006ea5fcdd0@mail.gmail.com> From: "Graeme Dargie" To: "Glen Barber" , Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: dell broadcom nic & fbsd 7.1 AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:06:44 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: Glen Barber [mailto:glen.j.barber@gmail.com]=20 Sent: 18 May 2009 22:58 To: lconrad@go2france.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dell broadcom nic & fbsd 7.1 AMD64 On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Len Conrad = wrote: >> >>Could you paste the output of the following: >> >> =A0 cat /etc/rc.conf | grep bc0 > > sorry, is bce not bc, Was going to be my next suggestion... I couldn't find 'bc' in GENERIC for amd64. > > ifconfig_bce0=3D"inet 10.2.17.8 netmask 255.255.0.0" > >>and output from: >> >> =A0 dhclient bc0 > > I ran that on a local machine and it hung up the interface, requiring = a warm reboot. > > I'll see what happens with my client's machine. > I assume you substituted the correct interface name? (bce0 in place of = bc0) --=20 Glen Barber _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Just took a quick peek at my pfsense machine hp D530 USDT which has a = broadcom gigabit NIC, phpsysinfo reports bge0: Broadcom NetXtreme = Gigabit Ethernet Controller, ASIC rev. 0x3003. Might be worth trying = that driver. Regards Graeme