Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:51:52 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Jon Repaci <jonathan.repaci@entegrity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network hangs when switching from 10 BT shared hub to 10/100 BT autosensing switch Message-ID: <395913E7.499D1D26@wmptl.com> References: <02ef01bfe04f$67180990$3214000a@IRONWOOD>
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Jon Repaci wrote: > > When switching over two versions of FreeBSD (3.0-RELEASE and 2.2.6-RELEASE) > on an internal network from 10baseT shared hubs to 10/100baseT autosensing > switched ports, the network on each hangs. Upon reboot, it shows that it > has properly seen the network port 100BT full duplex and the network cards > show the 100 BT link light on: > > .... /kernel: xl1: autoneg complete, link status good (full-duplex, 100Mbps) > > Another characteristic is that the 3.0 machine hung the boot around > configuring sendmail (probably because the network wasn't working). > > Any help is appreciated for this weird side effect. > > Jon > > +-------------------------------+ > | Jonathan.Repaci@entegrity.com | > | Systems Administrator | > | Entegrity Solutions | > | 10500 Little Patuxent Pkwy | > | Suite 550 | > | Columbia, MD 21044 | > | 410-992-7600 x3018 | > | HTTP://entegrity.com | > +-------------------------------+ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Try forcing media rather than auto-sensing it. Some autosensing hubs will flip bay and forth from the NIC's attached to them; try something similar to this: ifconfig xl1 inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx media 100BaseT I've had this problem with several PCI realtek-chipset'd cards, (rl#'s), and just forcing the media one way or another usually fixes it. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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