On Sat, January 2, 2010 23:03, Vijay Sankar wrote: > I am trying to use a USB 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter > > axe0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "ASIX Electronics > AX88178" rev 2.00/0.01 addr 2 > axe0: AX88178, address 00:80:c8:ff:ff:a1 > ukphy0 at axe0 phy 0: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 9: OUI > 0x1e525e, model 0x0014 > > $ ifconfig axe0 > axe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > lladdr 00:80:c8:ff:ff:a1 > priority: 0 > media: Ethernet autoselect (none loopback) > status: no carrier > inet6 fe80::280:c8ff:feff:ffa1%axe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5 > inet 10.0.0.212 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 > > I can see packets on the interface if I use tcpdump but the status shows > "No Carrier". However the lights on the adapter are on and I can do a > tcpdump and see packets arriving at the interface. > > I tried this on different systems -- a netbook, a laptop, and two > desktops and in each case got the same result (4.5 -stable, 4.6 release, > and 4.6 -stable, all i386 and a 4.5 -stable amd64). I also tried > changing the media and mediaopt settings to 100BaseTX, 10BaseT, and > 1000BaseT in addition to the default autoselect. > > Will this device work on OpenBSD or if this was a dumb purchase on my > part can someone suggest a USB ethernet adapter that will work properly?
I never used this axe based, but can say some about fast ethernet adapters. I have admtek (aue based) and realtek (url based) ethernet nic's, and the realtek was the one to solve my problem. the aue based was only able to see what was happening on the wire, but never got to send a packet. the url based did the job ok, had altq support (what I was looking for) but not good throughput though ( 5Mbps for a 100Mbps nic ... I guess it's usb 1.1 based despite all docs says it's 2.0). My next step someday was to try gigabit nic's, as this one you're talking :) so I guess I not so in a hurry now :) matheus -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
