On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Soapy Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've always seen marginal success in USB connectivity with BBB.  I recently
>> acquired a couple of BBG, at first I thought these were solid, but now I am
>> seeing problems.
>>
>> There is a difference seen in the host computer from the shell command
>> ifconfig -a.
>> Here is ifconfig -a for a working BBG:
>>
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6c:0b:84:09:f9:de
>>           inet addr:192.168.1.4  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>>           inet6 addr: fe80::6e0b:84ff:fe09:f9de/64 Scope:Link
>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:982290 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:613548 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>           RX bytes:1196203986 (1.1 GB)  TX bytes:107826806 (107.8 MB)
>>           Interrupt:20 Memory:f7100000-f7120000
>>
>> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr ec:24:b8:f6:e1:7c
>>           inet addr:192.168.7.1  Bcast:192.168.7.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>>           inet6 addr: fe80::ee24:b8ff:fef6:e17c/64 Scope:Link
>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:63 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>           RX bytes:10319 (10.3 KB)  TX bytes:15361 (15.3 KB)
>>
>> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:30214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:30214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>           RX bytes:3210722 (3.2 MB)  TX bytes:3210722 (3.2 MB)
>>
>> Now here is a different BBG flashed with the exact same image Debian 8.2:
>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6c:0b:84:09:f9:de
>>           inet addr:192.168.1.4  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>>           inet6 addr: fe80::6e0b:84ff:fe09:f9de/64 Scope:Link
>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:982671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:613978 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>           RX bytes:1196254756 (1.1 GB)  TX bytes:107922637 (107.9 MB)
>>           Interrupt:20 Memory:f7100000-f7120000
>>
>> eth4      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 68:c9:0b:ed:25:23
>>           inet6 addr: fe80::6ac9:bff:feed:2523/64 Scope:Link
>>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>           RX bytes:6487 (6.4 KB)  TX bytes:12510 (12.5 KB)
>>
>> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
>>           RX packets:30316 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>           TX packets:30316 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>>           RX bytes:3218638 (3.2 MB)  TX bytes:3218638 (3.2 MB)
>>
>> The obvious difference is seen at eth4 for the non-working versus eth1 for
>> the working board.
>> eth1 (the working board) is getting an inet address.
>> eth4 (the non-working board) is not getting an inet address.

Oh, and it's actually reversed...

BBG runs the dhcp server that hands out the 192.168.7.1 ip address to
your ubuntu host...

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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