On my G4 I 've had no probles so far with gem(4). I have a 1.25GHz one. Maybe we can compare logs on this. However, my mini is not under any heavy network load. I have it as a DMZ host with snort enabled and a simple pf config. Nothing much.Just testing so far(7 days)
On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 01:07:21AM -0400, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote: > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, FUGU <fugu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Also, while we are at it, does anyone know if openbsd supports > > the latest apple usb ethernet adapter? > > I see that the AXE(4) driver supports Apple USB Ethernet Adapter A1277 > > but no info on the latest one > > thanks... > > I wasn't aware that there was a new one. The old one works great. > Since we are on the topic of ethernet, I was wondering if anyone has > experienced the gem(4) driver having issues on a Mac mini G4. I have > six Mac mini G4's of varying speeds. There are two 1.25 GHz, two 1.42 > GHz, and two 1.5 GHz. I have had mixed results with the built-in > gem(4). I first noticed the problem with one of the 1.25 GHz systems. > With both identically configured, one of them would have the gem(4) > interface drop out every few days and either 'sh /etc/netstart gem0' > or a restart would restore connectivity. This was with OpenBSD/macppc > 4.5 and earlier for sure but I believe 4.7 is the same because the 1.5 > GHz system I just installed had trouble with gem(4) as well. Anyone > have similar experiences? > > Bryan [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
