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Date:      13 Jun 1998 13:00:46 -0500
From:      sfarrell+lists@farrell.org
To:        "Richard J. Finn" <rfinn@hiwd.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: more on my funky problem (help?)
Message-ID:  <87ra0tb2r5.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu>
In-Reply-To: "Richard J. Finn"'s message of "Fri, 12 Jun 1998 15:51:26 -0500"
References:  <358194CE.31E19B94@hiwd.net>

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"Richard J. Finn" <rfinn@hiwd.net> writes:

> If you recall, I was having trouble getting 2.2.5 or 2.2.6 to get past
> adding the route to my primary router during an upgrade from 2.2.2.
> 
> 	I even tried configuring the install kernel to only enable the devices
> I had (particularly the NIC).  I only had my NIC enabled.  It still
> didn't work.
> 
> 	I upgraded to 2.2.5 while in multiuser mode, rebooted, and rebuilt the
> kernel.  The machine wouldn't come back up with the new kernel.  From
> the console, it appeared that it was having (surprise) a problem talking
> to the network.  I rebooted with the GENERIC 2.2.5 kernel and it still
> didn't work.  I rebooted with the old 2.2.2 kernel and it works fine.
> 
> From the 2.2.2 kernel:
> > de0 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32 int a irq 5 on pci1:11
> > de0: Digital DE500-AA 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
> > de0: address 00:00:e8:2b:2b:2d
> 
> The 2.2.5 kernels have the same message when it comes to the NIC, with
> the addition of a line that looks something like:
> > de0: <100BaseTX> status: active
> 
> 	I'm thinking there might be a problem where 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 are forcing
> my NIC to go 100BaseT (I believe its currently only on a 10BaseT
> ethernet).
> 
> 	Any ideas or pointers?...

man ifconfig.... you want "media 10baseT/UTP" option to force 10baseT.
But this doesn't sound like your whole problem... also, you should see
error messages like "no carrier de0: cable problem?" if the media
isn't correct.

--

Steve Farrell


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