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From: netadmin@fastlane.net (William R. Charnock)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SMC 9332 BDT problem
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:52:42 GMT
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I have had a similar problem with this card.  When I booted up the
machine, Freebsd 2.2.2 kept enabling the 100-Base-T port on the card,
even though it was plugged into a 10B-T hub.  Even after using the
setup software to manually configure the card to 10BaseT, FreeBSD kept
enabling the 100BaseT port.  I returned the card for a 3COM.  What is
puzzling is I am using this card on other servers with no problem.  I
did notice that the card was Rev B ? Perhaps this is the problem?

William Charnock

On 13 Jun 1997 00:49:56 GMT, "Eric V. Smith" <EricSmith@windsor.com>
wrote:

>I'm having problems installing FreeBSD 2.2.2 via FTP when using an SMC 9332
>BDT (PCI) in an HP Vectra VE.
>
>When I first boot it up, the link light is on solid and the Tx/Rx light is
>blinking.  
>
>When the devices get configured, it is correctly identified as a DEC 21140A
>chip, and it reports the MAC address correctly.  However, the link light
>goes out and the Tx/Rx light stops blinking.
>
>After I configure it to install via FTP, I configure the network.  When it
>gets to the screen that says "Adding default route to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", it
>stops for several minutes, eventually returning with an error that says
>"Cannot resolve hostname xxxxx.  Are you sure that your name server,
>gateway, and network interface are correctly configured?"  I'm positive
>that they are.  (I've done this any number of times.)
>
>Switching to the text screen (Alt-F2), there is a line that says "DEBUG:
>Init routine called for network device de0.", followed by "add net default:
>gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".  Nothing here looks abnormal.
>
>If I specify the FTP URL as an IP address instead of a domain name, I get
>further, but I get a similar error later.  I've tried not specifying a DNS
>server nor a default gateway, and I get the same problem.
>
>I've tried all combinations of link flags to ifconfig, to no avail.  The
>output from ifconfig looks reasonable.  From the source to the de driver,
>it looks like it is only using link0 and link2 anyway.  They system
>automatically selects link2, which I believe means the twisted pair jack
>(which is all this card has anyway).
>
>I thought that maybe it was trying to put it into 100 Mb mode (I'm running
>a 10 Mb 10BaseT network), so I forced it into 10 Mb mode via the ezstart
>program.  This makes no difference.  In any event, the 100 Mb light never
>comes on.
>
>I've tried 2 different cards, plus network cables and jacks that are known
>to work.  Still no joy.  I've tried different PCI slots, I've tried
>disabling everything I could in the BIOS, and still nothing.
>
>After it ifconfig's, I've tried pinging it from another box on the same
>segment, but it doesn't respond.  It doesn't even send an ARP reply.  If I
>force an ARP entry, it still doesn't do anything.
>
>I've tried both the normal boot.flp and the one in the newer directory. 
>Both produce the same results.
>
>Does anyone have any clues?  I've tried everything I can think of.  I've
>searched the net, the SMC site, the FreeBSD site, FAQ's, etc., and still I
>can't find anything.  Has anyone ever gotten this card to work?
>
>If this fails, I'm going to return my 5 SMC cards (I've got a lot of
>machines to install) and switch to something else.  What other PCI 10/100
>cards should I consider?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Eric.
>