Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-16 Thread Greg Byshenk
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 06:01:33PM -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: > I know this is a bit off, but as I never had CAT6 stuff to deal with here > it goes. is there any problems in using CAT6 cabling and not 1000baseTX > capable switch ? > > I plan to install cat6 cables and just use 1000baseTX in futu

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-15 Thread Nenhum_de_Nos
On Thu, May 14, 2009 12:53, Tim Judd wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:12 AM, James Tanis wrote: > >> I have a FreeBSD v7.0 box it has two Intel Pro/1000 NICs, the one in >> question is: >> >> em1: port >> 0x2020-0x203f mem 0xd806-0xd807,0xd804-0xd805 irq 19 at >> device 0.1 on

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-15 Thread Jack Vogel
Better yet, just let them autoneg and you won't have these problems :) Jack On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Steven Hartland wrote: > Never only set one end manually, always set both the machine and the > switch. > > Regards > Steve > > - Original Message - From: "James Tanis" > To

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-15 Thread Steven Hartland
Never only set one end manually, always set both the machine and the switch. Regards Steve - Original Message - From: "James Tanis" To: "FreeBSD Questions" ; Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:12 PM Subject: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX I have a FreeBSD v7.0 box it

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-14 Thread Pyun YongHyeon
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:29:17PM -0400, James Tanis wrote: > Bill Moran wrote: > >In response to James Tanis : > > > > > > > >><.. snip ..> > >>Attempting to force 1000baseTX via: > >> > >>ifconfig em1 media 1000baseTX mediaopt full-duplex > >> > >>gets me: > >> > >>status: no carrier > >> > >>

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-14 Thread Pyun YongHyeon
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:54:00AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to James Tanis : > > > I have a FreeBSD v7.0 box it has two Intel Pro/1000 NICs, the one in > > question is: > > > > em1: port > > 0x2020-0x203f mem 0xd806-0xd807,0xd804-0xd805 irq 19 at > > device 0.1 o

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-14 Thread Olivier Nicole
> Well, I don't have any verified working cable of the appropriate length > so I simply switched out the cables for the main server and the backup > server. They are both cat6 cables crimped with cat5e modules by me. For > what reason (bad crimp job?) that seemed to fix the issue. On stranded c

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-14 Thread James Tanis
Bill Moran wrote: In response to James Tanis : <.. snip ..> Attempting to force 1000baseTX via: ifconfig em1 media 1000baseTX mediaopt full-duplex gets me: status: no carrier After forcing the NIC to go 1000baseTX the LEDs on the backpane are both off. I can only come to the conclusion

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-14 Thread Tim Judd
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:12 AM, James Tanis wrote: > I have a FreeBSD v7.0 box it has two Intel Pro/1000 NICs, the one in > question is: > > em1: port > 0x2020-0x203f mem 0xd806-0xd807,0xd804-0xd805 irq 19 at > device 0.1 on pci4 > > what we get after boot is: > > em1: flags=894

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

2009-05-14 Thread Bill Moran
In response to James Tanis : > I have a FreeBSD v7.0 box it has two Intel Pro/1000 NICs, the one in > question is: > > em1: port > 0x2020-0x203f mem 0xd806-0xd807,0xd804-0xd805 irq 19 at > device 0.1 on pci4 > > what we get after boot is: > > em1: flags=8943 metric 0 > mtu