Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 19:00:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Castor Fu" <castor@geocast.com> To: Andy Whitcroft <awhitcroft@bigfoot.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: macronix and broadcast packets. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.10.10001131859510.28614-100000@swamp.sfo.geocast.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.4.10.10001140222160.13216-100000@kodiak.svc.uk.sequent.com>
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> I have a pair of FreeBSD 3.4-stable machines sporting Macronix 10/100 > ethernet cards: > > <Macronix 98715/98715A 10/100BaseTX> rev 0x25 > > I belive that the incoming address filters are not working as expected. > Specifically, ARP exchanges between the nodes are failing. If I either > place static arp table entries on each node, or enable promiscious mode > (running tcpdump on an alternate VT) then the nodes can communicate > successfully. I suspect a problem with the input filters either in > operation or initialisation? > > Anyone got any further before I start hacking the driver to diagnose this > further? I haven't done any more, but I'd note that they work fine under NetBSD. However, NetBSD doesn't support autonegotiation on these cards. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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