I'm new to the world of FreeBSD, I was hoping to use the built in application (ipfw) to build a network testing tool (mainly simulating packet delay). My preferred hardware is to use a Raspberry Pi, and have downloaded and copied the respective FreeBSD image. I require the use of two ethernet ports for the testing and have connected a Belkin USB Gigabit Adapter (F5D5055) to the RPi. On at least one occasion the RPi has correctly loaded the axe driver for the adapter, listed the interface with
Removing and re-inserting the USB adaptor makes no difference, the same fail message is displayed.
I have subsequently tried a live CD version of FreeBSD with the same results (with multiple laptops). From searching online it appears there were issues in the past with this driver but indications are they have been resolved with the 88178 on the hardware compatibility list. Has anyone experienced similar issues and resolved them? Are there any commands I can use to identify the reason for the failure?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart
ifconfig and allowed network related commands to be used. However at least 95% of the time the driver is not successfully loaded, with a message stating
Code:
axe0: attaching PHYs failedI have subsequently tried a live CD version of FreeBSD with the same results (with multiple laptops). From searching online it appears there were issues in the past with this driver but indications are they have been resolved with the 88178 on the hardware compatibility list. Has anyone experienced similar issues and resolved them? Are there any commands I can use to identify the reason for the failure?
Thanks in advance.
Stuart