On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 07:59:18PM -0500, Jim Thompson wrote: > > > On Sep 16, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Brett Glass <br...@lariat.net> wrote: > > > > At 05:27 PM 9/16/2014, Chris Hill wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 16 Sep 2014, Brett Glass wrote: > >> > >>> So, what is the best solution? I cannot throw out the machine, and > >>> because I am using a VLAN switch to multiplex the port to three LANs > >>> I do not want to reduce the speed to 100 Mbps. Ideas? > >> > >> The man page mentioned says that if "the link partner enabled the IEEE > >> 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet feature, the controller will not be able > >> to establish a 1000baseT link." Maybe disable 802.3az on that port, if you > >> can. Just a thought. > > > > It's a Netgear "green" switch, model GS105E. It has no way to disable > > 802.3az. > > The linux jmebp-1.0.8.5 driver from the JMicron website > > ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/Ethernet/Linux/jmebp-1.0.8.5.tar.bz > > provides a workaround for the issue. It adds the delay_time module > parameter, which causes the network card to attempt a fall back to 100 mbps > after it cannot connect for several seconds (by default 11). With this, link > detection “works”, but the connection is 100Mbps. This is likely the reason > the "problem didn't seem to occur with the bundled Linux distro.” >
I recall the workaround was suggested by the Vendor but I didn't incorporate it into the driver due to other reasons. The end result is the same if users can manually reduce the speed to 100Mbps. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
