Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:50:13 -0700 From: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> To: dave <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: two dc cards on 5.4 Message-ID: <42FA92B5.30800@calarts.edu> In-Reply-To: <000501c59e02$6ceece00$0200a8c0@satellite> References: <000501c59e02$6ceece00$0200a8c0@satellite>
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dave wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to get a pair of netgear cards to work on a 5.4-RELEASE-p6 > box. My rc.conf looks as follows: > > ifconfig_dc0="DHCP" > ifconfig_dc1="inet 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.255" > > When i only have one dc card in the box dc0 everything works, the box gets a > dhcp ip. Put the second one in regardless whether or not the ifconfig dc1 > line is uncommented and two things happen, first i get continuous watchdog > timeouts from dc0, second dc0 does not get an IP. As i said the second card > doesn't have to be configured, just in the box and it happens, i've checked > i/o and irq's neither conflict between the two cards. One thing, with a > single dc card the media is set to ethernet autoselect <100base-TX > full-duplex and it's listed as active. Put the second card in and dc0 shows > media ethernet autoselect but for media type i have none and status is > listed as no carrier, i believe this is the reason for the lack of a dhcp > ip, my question is i don't understand why. I've tried: > ifconfig_dc0_mediaopt="100base-TX, full-duplex" > but the system didn't like that. I'd like to tell fbsd specifically what > mode these cards are to be probed to in, but nothing seems to work, and this > only occurs when the second card is in the box. I've tried three separate > cards, all give the same behavior. > Some urgency! Any help greatly appreciated. > Dave. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > try a static address and fixed 100/full put this in your rc.conf and reboot *note* this is one line replace with an ip that works for your network ifconfig_dc0="inet x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex" *note* this is one line replace with an ip that works for your network ifconfig_dc1="inet x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex" -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts 661-253-7732 smurphy@calarts.edu
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