From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 19 12:59:38 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 91884106566C for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 12:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dweimer@orscheln.com) Received: from proxy2.orscheln.com (proxy2.orscheln.com [216.106.0.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A778FC28 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 12:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dweimer@orscheln.com) Received: from neuman.orscheln.oi.local (neuman.orscheln.com [10.20.10.160]) by proxy2.orscheln.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4JCmcCM089355; Tue, 19 May 2009 07:48:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dweimer@orscheln.com) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 07:48:37 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: dell broadcom nic & fbsd 7.1 AMD64 Thread-Index: AcnYecCPF/evaSz0TTW46rIyQWWJgwABOnlg References: <20090519120020.2944C10656B3@hub.freebsd.org> From: "Dean Weimer" To: 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: Tue, 19 May 2009 12:59:38 -0000 Have you tried the bge drivers instead of bce? I have a Dell PowerEdge = 2650 running 7.1 and it is using the bge drivers with no problems, = though it is the running i386 and not amd64. Thanks, =A0=A0=A0=A0 Dean Weimer =A0=A0=A0=A0 Network Administrator =A0=A0=A0=A0 Orscheln Management Co -----Original Message----- Message: 11 Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 06:06:26 -0500 From: Len Conrad Subject: RE: dell broadcom nic & fbsd 7.1 AMD64 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090519124915.SM08468@W500.Go2France.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" >> ifconfig_bce0=3D"inet 10.2.17.8 netmask 255.255.0.0" >> >>>and output from: >>> >>> 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) yes, sorry, bc was my mistake, rc.conf has/always had ifconfig_bce0=3D"inet 10.2.17.8 netmask 255.255.0.0" We are thinking about dropping back to 7.1 i386 (and losing the 600 MB = RAM) or up to 7.2. We have several Dell 1950/2950 with fbsd 7.0 and 7.1 that have had no = problems with Broadcom. Len