Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:49:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org> To: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Intel-for-Gateway2000 10/100 fxp problems Message-ID: <20010926184844.S66465-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <200109270140.f8R1eaw27239@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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does ifconfig actually list its allegedly applied ip address?? Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, David Kelly wrote: > Vaguely remember someone else having problems with Gateway 2000 brand > Intel Etherexpress 10/100 "clones" using the 82559 but searching the > mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org/search failed to turn up the > hits I was looking for. And now I have problems with same. > > Bought (4) of these cards for a reasonable price. Reasonable if they > work. Not reasonable for dust collectors. > > The problem is the cards are recognized and initialized. Everything is > perfect. Except they can't hear a thing off the wire. Or if they do > they don't communicate it back to FreeBSD. Can watch the NIC LED and > hub LED flash when emitting pings, and the target machine's NIC flash > as well (forgot, that might not be a good test as its on a hub not > switch). > > dmesg seems happy: > > fxp0: <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> port 0xdc80-0xdcbf mem 0xff000000-0xff0f > ffff,0xff100000-0xff100fff irq 11 at device 15.0 on pci0 > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:03:47:0c:64:44 > inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > ifconfig lists correct media and claims "status: active". > > Systems are Dell Optiplex GXa's. Worried more about onboard xl0's > working, but at the moment that's the only NIC which works. Have moved > the Intel NICs to each and every PCI slot one at a time. > > I don't have Windows to know if they work with that. > > Is there something goofy going on such as this card such as irq-A/B or > ??? Something simple? Maybe something to do with PnP? > > While I'm testing my luck, if I get them working, anyone know how to > disable the "Intel network boot thingie 2.6 initiallizing" message at > startup? > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net > ===================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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