bge NIC not supporting 1000baseTX

Martin Hepworth maxsec at gmail.com
Thu Jul 5 20:34:46 UTC 2007


Doing a quick google on "BCM5750A1 freebsd" looks like theres a few issues
with this driver and certain chipsets..

--
martin

On 7/5/07, Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu at wlink.com.np > wrote:
>
> Martin Hepworth wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > is the other end auto-negotiating properly? What happens if you force
> 1000
> > full at BOTH ends?
> >
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> Actually both the machines are identical. I had connected both NIC cards
> back to back using a cat6 cross cable. One of the machines is then
> connected to a RAID Array.
>
> If I force 1000baseTX on both NIC cards, their connection status shows:
> no carrier.
>
> However, if I force 100baseTX on both NIC cards, then their connection
> status shows: active
>
> What could be the problem here? The bge0 NIC cards not supporting
> 1000baseTX settings or am I missing something?
>
> Both machines are running on FreeBSD-6.2.
>
> Thanking you...
>
>
> > --
> > martin
> >
> > On 7/5/07, Tek Bahadur Limbu < teklimbu at wlink.com.np> wrote:
> >>
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> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have a problem with my bge0 (BCM5750A1 NetXtreme) NIC card which is
> >> integrated in my Dell 600SC machine.  This machine is running on
> >> FreeBSD-6.2 (i386).
> >>
> >> For some reasons, the bge0 NIC interface does not seem  to support
> >> 1000baseTX settings.
> >>
> >> When the NIC card is set at either 10/100 baseTX,  the bge0 interface
> >> shows an active state.  However, when I type the following command:
> >>
> >> ifconfig bge0 media 1000baseTX
> >>
> >> the status of the bge0 NIC card shows: no carrier
> >>
> >> Does that mean that this bge0 NIC card does not support speeds of
> >> 1000baseTX or do I have to tweak some kernel or sysctl settings?
> >>
> >> Thanking you....
> >>
> >>
> >> - --
> >>
> >>
> >> With best regards and good wishes,
> >>
> >> Yours sincerely,
> >>
> >> Tek Bahadur Limbu
> >>
> >> (TAG/TDG Group)
> >> Jwl Systems Department
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> >> Jawalakhel, Nepal
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> --
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> With best regards and good wishes,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Tek Bahadur Limbu
>
> (TAG/TDG Group)
> Jwl Systems Department
>
> Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
>
> Jawalakhel, Nepal
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> http://www.wlink.com.np
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