Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:34:11 -0700 From: Dana Baguley <dana.baguley@gmail.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3C905B-TX problems on fresh install Message-ID: <961ed0460505172234227e246e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEHGFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <961ed04605051720574a9697f9@mail.gmail.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEHGFBAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Thanks, Ted. Exactly what I needed to know. The easiest card for me to pick up to replace it with is a realtek 8139d. Any opinion on that card or the rl driver? On 5/17/05, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > Hi Dana, >=20 > Unfortunately, the 3com 3C905b card is a rather so-so network card > from a hardware point of view, and the xl driver that drives it, has > had lots of fixes applied, but the driver still isn't the best driver. >=20 > I happen to have a server right now using one of those cards and it's > rock solid. BUT, the network card in it just happened to come out of > an IBM Aptiva running Windows 98 where it gave huge amounts of trouble - > I only put it in the BSD box to see what would happen. After I pulled > that card out of the Aptiva I put in a cheapo Realtek and the Aptiva > has been running Win 98 solid ever since. >=20 > In the past we used these cards under Windows - then when > those Windows boxes got too old and we started converting them to > FreeBSD and Linux, we started having lots of problems similar to what > you are seeing. Some machines would work fine, others not. At one point > I had 3 of the cards out, all different board revisions but exact same > model number, and one of the cards would work in any box under any OS, > one of the cards would only work in some boxes but not others, and the > last card wouldn't work in anything under either Linux or FreeBSD, it > would only work under Windows. >=20 > Ted >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Dana Baguley > > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:57 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: 3C905B-TX problems on fresh install > > > > > > Hi, I'm a FreeBSD Newbie. I've had some experience with Linux, > > particularly Gentoo. I'm running a computer that I've installed > > FreeBSD on behind a router that's connected to my DSL modem. The > > router provides DHCP for all the 3 computers on my home network. > > Everything works fine with the other computers and everything worked > > fine on this computer when I was running Gentoo on it. My NIC is a > > 3Com 3C905B-TX. My motherboard is a EPOX EP-3VBA. When I installed > > FreeBSD I wanted to use FTP, but the DHCP step didn't work so I > > installed from CD. Now whenever I boot up I get the error message > > "xl0: watchdog timeout" repeatedly when dhclient starts up, when sshd > > comes up, and occasionally after boot at seemingly random times. I've > > noticed when I get this error that my link light goes off for a little > > over a second. I can only ping the localhost. Also I get an error with > > the date, time, name of my computer, and "inetd[435]: ssh/tcp: bind: > > Address already in use" every ten minutes. netstat -rn shows 10.0.0.1 > > (the router) as the default gateway and 127.0.0.1 as the gateway for > > 10.0.0.100, the address assigned by the router. The correct MAC > > address for the router shows up as the gateway for 10.0.0.1. The > > computer shows up on the router's DHCP clients table. ifconfig -a > > gives me > > > > xl0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > options=3D9<RXCUM,VLAN_MTU> > > inet6 fe80::210:5aff:fe09:f53e%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > inet 10.0.0.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 > > ether 00:10:5a:09:f5:3e > > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) > > status: no active > > plip0: flags=3D108810<POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 > > inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > > > > I don't know what to do to get networking working on this computer. > > Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help! > > > > Dana Baguley > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > >
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