Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
you might try paging through dmesg | more to see if the system recognizes your interface on bootup. %dmesg | more | grep dc0 dc0: 82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX port 0x6800-0x68ff mem 0xe900-0xe9ff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0 miibus0: MII bus on dc0 dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:40:55:cf dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] atkbdc0: Keyboard controller (i8042) at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0 atkbd0: AT Keyboard irq 1 on atkbdc0 psm0: PS/2 Mouse irq 12 on atkbdc0 fdc0: Enhanced floppy controller at port 0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: [FAST] fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state .. .. 332 identical lines deleted .. dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state Any problems here? You *may* have a mismatch in autonegotiation or manual speed/duplex parameters between dc0 and whatever it's plugged into. Make sure both sides are set to autonegotiate or, if they're set manually, that both use the same speed and duplex parameters. Personal preference, but I disable autonegotiation wherever I can. I have had more connectivity problems with autoneg than virtually any other networking issue. /wsbs Thanks for explaining the reason for the different device names. I'm thinking the 4.8 nic may be an isa 3com 10mbps, while am quite sure the 5.3 nic is a pci netgear 100mbps. Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
At 10:47 PM 2/26/2005, wo_shi_big_stomach wrote: --- Marty Landman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just can't help but notice that this is only a problem on my 5.3 box and not on the 4.8. you might try paging through dmesg | more to see if the system recognizes your interface on bootup. %dmesg | more | grep dc0 dc0: 82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX port 0x6800-0x68ff mem 0xe900-0xe9ff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0 miibus0: MII bus on dc0 dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:40:55:cf dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] atkbdc0: Keyboard controller (i8042) at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0 atkbd0: AT Keyboard irq 1 on atkbdc0 psm0: PS/2 Mouse irq 12 on atkbdc0 fdc0: Enhanced floppy controller at port 0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: [FAST] fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state .. .. 332 identical lines deleted .. dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state Any problems here? Thanks for explaining the reason for the different device names. I'm thinking the 4.8 nic may be an isa 3com 10mbps, while am quite sure the 5.3 nic is a pci netgear 100mbps. Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
At 11:32 PM 2/26/2005, Jonathan Chen wrote: On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 09:06:41PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: I just can't help but notice that this is only a problem on my 5.3 box and not on the 4.8. AFAIK the config's are identical, although obviously I am still a newbie at this. As I said earlier, it has nothing to do with the FreeBSD machines and everything to do with the DHCP Server. Ok, then the reason my DHCP server on my XP gateway would have to be discriminating between the boxes since it's consistently only happening to one box and not the other. Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
On Feb 26, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Marty Landman wrote: At 10:32 AM 2/26/2005, Eric F Crist wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular basis [snip] The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. The other thing you could try would be to set a static IP on your workstations... I just can't help but notice that this is only a problem on my 5.3 box and not on the 4.8. AFAIK the config's are identical, although obviously I am still a newbie at this. BTW, why is my nic on 4.8 ep0 but on 5.3 dc0? Is that the way it should be? Marty Marty, The ed0, dc0 situation is because of the driver the NIC uses. If you have two, or three, etc, cards that all use the same driver, then you'll start to see dc0, dc1, dc2, etc (provided they use the dc driver... HTH ___ Eric F Crist I am so smart, S.M.R.T! Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:46:47AM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: [...] Ok, then the reason my DHCP server on my XP gateway would have to be discriminating between the boxes since it's consistently only happening to one box and not the other. Correct. It is possible to set up DHCP servers so that the IP address given out to clients is based on the MAC address of each network device. That sure sounds like what your DHCP is doing. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Irrationality is the square root of all evil - Douglas Hofstadter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
At 01:25 PM 2/27/2005, Jonathan Chen wrote: On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:46:47AM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: Ok, then the reason my DHCP server on my XP gateway would have to be discriminating between the boxes since it's consistently only happening to one box and not the other. Correct. It is possible to set up DHCP servers so that the IP address given out to clients is based on the MAC address of each network device. That sure sounds like what your DHCP is doing. It's odd that this only happens on one of three 'nix boxes on my LAN. Besides the fbsd 4.8 also have a rh9 and both have had very stable ip addr's. The only thing I edit on the xp gateway is the %system%\drivers\etc\hosts file to map names to the ip's that appear to be assigned by the gateway itself, i.e. I let the gateway assign an ip, then ping by name to get the ip for mapping on the gateway host file. Well I'm more interested in moving my gateway to fbsd than in learning the intricacies of windows ip assignments so maybe it's time to file this under 'interesting, but not worth pursuing now'. Marty Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
On Feb 25, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: [...] Here's the problem, hope the preceding is a good background to it. Find that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular basis by (I guess) my xp gateway so that I then have to change the gateway hosts file, the 5.3 hosts file and 5.3 rc.conf file. The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. Any idea where I start to fix this? Would like the 5.3 box's IP addr to remain stable as well. This has nothing to do with the FreeBSD boxes, but rather a configuration issue with your DHCP server. The DHCP server can be configured so that it will always give the same IP for a particular NIC. Talk to your admin about it. -- The other thing you could try would be to set a static IP on your workstations... HTH ___ Eric F Crist I am so smart, S.M.R.T! Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
At 10:32 AM 2/26/2005, Eric F Crist wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular basis [snip] The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. The other thing you could try would be to set a static IP on your workstations... I just can't help but notice that this is only a problem on my 5.3 box and not on the 4.8. AFAIK the config's are identical, although obviously I am still a newbie at this. BTW, why is my nic on 4.8 ep0 but on 5.3 dc0? Is that the way it should be? Marty Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
--- Marty Landman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just can't help but notice that this is only a problem on my 5.3 box and not on the 4.8. AFAIK the config's are identical, although obviously I am still a newbie at this. you might try paging through dmesg | more to see if the system recognizes your interface on bootup. BTW, why is my nic on 4.8 ep0 but on 5.3 dc0? Is that the way it should be? This is almost certainly a case of two different Ethernet adapter cards in the two machines. /wsbs __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 09:06:41PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: At 10:32 AM 2/26/2005, Eric F Crist wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular basis [snip] The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. The other thing you could try would be to set a static IP on your workstations... I just can't help but notice that this is only a problem on my 5.3 box and not on the 4.8. AFAIK the config's are identical, although obviously I am still a newbie at this. As I said earlier, it has nothing to do with the FreeBSD machines and everything to do with the DHCP Server. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED]Once is dumb luck. Twice is coincidence. Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: [...] Here's the problem, hope the preceding is a good background to it. Find that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular basis by (I guess) my xp gateway so that I then have to change the gateway hosts file, the 5.3 hosts file and 5.3 rc.conf file. The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable. Any idea where I start to fix this? Would like the 5.3 box's IP addr to remain stable as well. This has nothing to do with the FreeBSD boxes, but rather a configuration issue with your DHCP server. The DHCP server can be configured so that it will always give the same IP for a particular NIC. Talk to your admin about it. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You can get farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone - Al Capone ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
At 05:27 PM 2/25/2005, Jonathan Chen wrote:
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 04:16:40PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote:
[...]
Here's the problem, hope the preceding is a good background to it. Find
that the IP address for the 5.3 box gets changed on a fairly regular basis
by (I guess) my xp gateway so that I then have to change the gateway hosts
file, the 5.3 hosts file and 5.3 rc.conf file.
The 4.8 box's IP addr has been stable.
Any idea where I start to fix this? Would like the 5.3 box's IP addr to
remain stable as well.
This has nothing to do with the FreeBSD boxes, but rather a
configuration issue with your DHCP server. The DHCP server can be
configured so that it will always give the same IP for a particular
NIC. Talk to your admin about it.
Yikes Jonathan, I /am/ the admin. {:/
Marty
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Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:20:31PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote:
This has nothing to do with the FreeBSD boxes, but rather a
configuration issue with your DHCP server. The DHCP server can be
configured so that it will always give the same IP for a particular
NIC. Talk to your admin about it.
Yikes Jonathan, I /am/ the admin. {:/
Having never dealt with DHCP servers on Windows, I cannot give you too
much advise about how to configure them. However, since you are the
network admin, you could possibly switch to using a UNIX based DHCP
server, eg ports/net/isc-dhcp3-server. There are a few examples in the
sample config files that show how to allocate IP addresses based on
MAC addresses of NICs, and the server works a charm with Windows
machines as well.
Cheers.
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