On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:54:24 -0800, Andrew Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello FreeBSD community, > > I'm trying to get my network card working under 5.3 Release. It won't DHCP. > Configuring it using ifconfig doesn't permit any connection. > > (I also tried the February Stable, with no change as far as I can tell). > > WinXP identifies the NIC as Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC. > Knoppix and WinXP both provide drivers that seem to work. Knoppix > autodetects it without any (seeming) problem. > > My FreeBSD kernel is generic, and both the following lines are uncommented: > > device miibus # MII bus support > device re # RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S > > The output from ifconfig is: > > fwe0: flags=108802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > ether 02:90:f5:40:24:d8 > ch 1 dma -1 > plip0: flags=108810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8049<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 > > and what I think is the relevant part of dmesg is: > > firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0 > fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0 > if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:90:f5:40:24:d8 > fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:90:f5:40:24:d8 > fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant > > It makes me wonder if FreeBSD is identifying the card as something different > than it is. Is that possible? What next steps might be useful for me to > take? > > Thanks much! > > Andrew >
My advice, try a different network switch / hub. Read on to find out why. Trying to do the poor man's "Norton Ghost" at a local school for a WinXP lab (using dd over ssh), I had some stupid issues. The NIC in question was an onboard SiS 900. Here's what I had using various "live-cd" distros: winxp (installed) - i got an IP address knoppix and DSL (both debian) - I got an IP address System Rescue CD (gentoo) - no address g4u and obsd live cd (obsd) - no address (never did try fbsd, but obsd is fairly close) When I moved a sample PC closer to the DHCP server, every distro above got an address. The lab has an older d-link 24 port switch. There are 4 switches total between the lab and the dhcp server. When I moved the PC, it was then connected to a netgear 5-port 100mb switch, still about 4 switches away from the dhcp server. I tried setting an address with ifconfig for each of the failing distros, with no success. I vaguely remember getting some weird issues reagarding the PHY in obsd... I have no idea what the cause is (just discovered this last week), but am strongly suspicious of the d-link switch. I'm going to replace it (assuming funds are available) soon. Just thought I'd pass it on, in case it helps. GS _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
