Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:56:00 +0100 From: William <willay@gmail.com> To: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 Message-ID: <a24358fb0606292356p517ee8ccj239a1be8c0ecc62b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> References: <a24358fb0605050239y1550f5d1o6bc461b4d3cc9472@mail.gmail.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEOHFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <a24358fb0606210116q3f019acdm40fb10224fd433b8@mail.gmail.com> <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <a24358fb0606230108r7e7a3fa3l4909cec6da8a2792@mail.gmail.com> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <a24358fb0606292253h55590f33y9fe7828f1126d94e@mail.gmail.com> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org>
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Antony, I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> wrote: > On 30/06/2006 3:53 PM, William wrote: > > Thanks for the email Antony, I'm awaiting delivery of the server so I > > might have to order an intel card sharpish. What can I do the > > server+fbsd 6.x to prove the lock up? > > > > Regards, > > Will > > Configure the network card (bge0) and then do something to pass traffic > across the network (eg. ping another host on the network). In our case, > the machine booting at startup and the various network services starting > up was enough to do it within seconds. > > I have a copy of the Intel driver we used if you are looking to run this > machine on FreeBSD 6.0 or 6.1; the standard driver in these releases > will not support the Pro/1000 PT (at least the card we used). > > Regards > Antony >
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