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Date:      Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:46:14 -0800
From:      YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        "Dr. Lyman Hazelton" <lrh@alum.mit.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: re%d on FitPC2?
Message-ID:  <20111222224614.GB14457@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <201112221018.54462.lrh@alum.mit.edu>
References:  <201112221018.54462.lrh@alum.mit.edu>

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On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:18:54AM -0700, Dr. Lyman Hazelton wrote:
> Hi!  First post to this list.  Was directed here from FreeBSD Forums.
> 
> I'm trying to get FreeBSD running on a FitPC2.  The install of 8.2 Release 
> failed to even complete when it found the network.  I downloaded 9.0-RC and 
> installed it, and was delighted when the new installer worked perfectly and 
> the install recognized the RealTek hardware and assigned re0 to it.  I can 
> ping the system at it's assigned address (192.168.0.25 netmask 255.255.255.0, 
> default router and nameserver are both 192.168.0.1, which is working with my 
> other two FreeBSD machines).  However, if I try to do anything at all to 
> another address (like, say, the default router at 192.168.0.1), I get "re0: 
> watchdog timeout".  When I look at dmesg, it shows that every time I do 
> anything involving another address, the network goes down, the watchdog 
> message occurs, and then the network comes back up again.
> 
> I have heard that at least one other user has gotten the FitPC2 to work with 
> the re driver, so, at least in theory, it should work.  Question is how?
> 

Show me dmesg output, only re(4) and rgephy(4) related ones.

> Any advice deeply appreciated!
> 
>        -Lyman



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