"igb" interfaces aren't picking up media on boot

[Jack Vogel]

So, time to ditch the DLink I'd say :)

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Andrew Savchenko <gradiometric at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been using this particular NIC under FreeBSD 10.0-REL connected via
> cross cable to another Intel NIC / two different routers / TP-Link switch
> without any similar issues. The problem shows only with the mentioned DLink
> switch.
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So, I would check into the link partner, often times it can be the
>> culprit, try the nic
>> in a simple back-to-back setup and see if it makes a diff, etc. etc...
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Andrew Savchenko <gradiometric at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Nope, unfortunately they stay dead (aka "no carrier") until `netif
>>> restart`.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Andrew Savchenko <
>>> gradiometric at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> MAC's and IP's are abviously changed.
>>> >> For the moment being I have "solved" this by a tiny script in
>>> /etc/rc.d/
>>> >> that restarts networking & routing after the system boot:
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > ​Do the NICs eventually pick up carrier status if you leave it after
>>> > boot?  Could it just be slow picking up status changes?  We had a
>>> couple
>>> > em(4) or igb(4) (forget now) NICs that were like that.  Took a good
>>> minute
>>> > after boot before the NIC was finished initialising and detected the
>>> link.
>>> >
>>> > If that's the case, and you don't mind the wait (and want to make sure
>>> > networking is working once the boot is complete), you can use the
>>> netwait_*
>>> > options in /etc/rc.conf.  That will pause the boot process until
>>> either the
>>> > network link status changes to up, and/or you can ping the default
>>> gateway
>>> > or any other IP on the network.
>>> >
>>> > Worked for us.  Might work for you.​
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Freddie Cash
>>> > fjwcash at gmail.com
>>> >
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