Subject: Re: xi0: device timeout (seems fixed now)
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/14/2002 13:58:17
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On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 12:41:52PM -0400, Ross wrote:
> I tried 100baseTX and i get "no carrier".  Must be something odd.  It's n=
ot
> a cable issue.

Barring more being wrong with the driver than I think, this just
means either that your cable isn't capable of 100BaseT (means it's
CAT-3 or mis-terminated CAT-5) or the network device at the other end
is refusing to speak it.

> Another issue i have is that it will only configure on bootup.  Once boot=
ed,=20
> nothing is changeable at the command line with ifconfig without loosing t=
he
> nic response completely.  In otherwords, no switching cards around if you=
 want
> to keep your network connection.

Hrm. I definitely don't have those problems with my xi.

Is this one of those fancy ethernet-modem-flyswatter combos they
sell, or just the ethernet card?

--=20
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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