Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 01:10:00 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Len Conrad" <LConrad@Go2France.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 3C509 blinking: correction 905c Message-ID: <001101c0bc15$7ad52ce0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010403072948.052a8a50@mail.Go2France.com>
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Try putting a hub in between the Cisco and the 3com card and see if the blinking goes away. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Len Conrad >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:39 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: 3C509 blinking: correction 905c > > > >> > We have FreeBSD 3.2 / 3C509 machine hooked via /30 to a Cisco 3620, >> > 10 mbits/sec. >> > >> > It works "ok", but the the 10 megabits LED on the blinks fixed >> rate rapidly. >> > >> > We haven't seen this one before. Is there some pb? >> > >> > Len >> > >> > >> >>If it is working "OK" I wouldn't get too excited about it. > >Two pb's: > >1. It's 905 ("c" I think), not 509. sorry. > >2. We already had one 905c in that machine and on that link that >DIDN'T work (symptoms: same blinking 10 mbit LED, and traffic LED NOT >blinking with normal intensity, and while traffic seemed to pass ok, >pinging from the Cisco to the 905 failed, as did pinging to the nets >behind the 905's machine). > >Replacing the first 905 with another fixed the pinging, but the >blinking persists so we are pretty sure something is wrong, on the >edge of being broken. > >We are pretty sure the blinking speed LED is some sign of distress, >just trying to find out what it means so we can un distress it. > >thanks, >Len > > >http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training : In Austin, TX; SFO, CA; Paris, >FR >http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.3 "NT3" for NT4 & W2K >http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways > > >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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