Intel Pro/1000 MT dual port not working
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I am trying to get pf 1.2 RC2 running on a dell poweredge 1650 with two onboard pro/1000s and two of the above mentioned dual port pro/1000s. I checked the HCL and the hardware is listed in there, however, pfs will NOT communicate out of any port except the two onboard.
When the machine boots up it can see all six interfaces, and if I use auto configure to set up the WAN and LAN it will detect states changing up and down and configure an interface on either card as WAN or LAN. After this, however, I am unable to communicate through either interface. My WAN link won't even take a DHCP address when starting up.
I have tried to disable the onboard interfaces in the BIOS. I also tried moving and reseating the cards, as well as manually adjusting IRQs. I attempted to manually configure the interfaces using ifconfig, but they will not communicate even when I'm sure everything is appropriately set. Nothing has made any sort of change in any of the four addon interfaces' ability to communicate.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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You might have irq conflicts…Turn off everything that you do not use in the BIOS, like the sound, floppy etc.
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This seems to have worked, although I have to admit I'm not quite sure why. All six interfaces are still sharing IRQs seven and five, just like they were prior to disabling all the unnecessary devices.
At any rate, thanks for the suggestion. :)