D-Link DFE-530TX+ Compatibility

[JS]

Hi,

I had just recently purchased a D-Link DFE-530TX+
network interface card and I am wondering if it is
compatible with NetBSD 1.6.1. D-link says they have
drivers for unix like OSes, but I am not sure if it
will work with NetBSD, since that model is not listed
on the hardware compatibility list. If you could let
me know that would be great.

Thanks,
J Silverman

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[c***@comcast.net]

Hi,

I use a lot of DFE-530TX+'s at home because I bought some on sale. They
work just fine. However you wouldn't want to use them in a busy server
because there may be performance issues with that realtek chipset.

rtk0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: D-Link Systems DFE 530TX+
rtk0: interrupting at irq 9
rtk0: Ethernet address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ukphy0 at rtk0 phy 7: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
ukphy0: OUI 0x000000, model 0x0000, rev. 0
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

Cheers,

Ben

Post by JS
Hi,
I had just recently purchased a D-Link DFE-530TX+
network interface card and I am wondering if it is
compatible with NetBSD 1.6.1. D-link says they have
drivers for unix like OSes, but I am not sure if it
will work with NetBSD, since that model is not listed
on the hardware compatibility list. If you could let
me know that would be great.
Thanks,
J Silverman
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[JS]

Hi Ben and Jeff,

Thank you both for the great info! I will definitely
go forward with my project of creating a small web
server out of an old Pentium PC. However, I have also
been looking to see if the D-Link card is backward
compatible with PCI 2.0, because that is what the old
PC has. I have checked on the D-link site and on the
box, which only states it is 2.2 compliant. Do either
of you might know if the card is backward compatible?

Thanks again,
J Silverman

Post by c***@comcast.net
Hi,
I use a lot of DFE-530TX+'s at home because I bought
some on sale. They
work just fine. However you wouldn't want to use
them in a busy server
because there may be performance issues with that
realtek chipset.
rtk0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: D-Link Systems DFE
530TX+
rtk0: interrupting at irq 9
rtk0: Ethernet address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ukphy0 at rtk0 phy 7: Generic IEEE 802.3u media
interface
ukphy0: OUI 0x000000, model 0x0000, rev. 0
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX,
100baseTX-FDX, auto
Cheers,
Ben
Hello
This card works perfectly on my NetBSD box. To get
it working, add ifconfig_rtk0="<your ip addr>" to
your rc.conf. On my GNU/Linux box, though, it
appears that there is bug with this card (more
likely hardware (cheap mobo from emachines) than
software)). The card crashes after a day or so of
uptime (the light on the card remains blinking and
connection is lost), and is only fixable by
unplugging the machine. I would like you to be
aware that this is a possible problem you may face
with this card, especially with flakey hardware.
-Jeff

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Post by JS
Hi Ben and Jeff,
Thank you both for the great info! I will definitely
go forward with my project of creating a small web
server out of an old Pentium PC. However, I have also
been looking to see if the D-Link card is backward
compatible with PCI 2.0, because that is what the old
PC has. I have checked on the D-link site and on the
box, which only states it is 2.2 compliant. Do either
of you might know if the card is backward compatible?

Most likely, my card worked in an old IBM330 (Intel Pentium 100Mhz)

[JS]

Hi Ben and All,

Well, the installation of NetBSD on my old Pentium
75mhz went very well. On first restart, she booted
great, and I had a working unix distro in less than a
couple of hours. It was also one of the easiest
installations that I have ever done!

Anyway, I noticed that my new D-link card is not being
recognized by the OS. I know you state some
configurations below, but how do I configure it? I'm
really new to NetBsd and unix as a whole and would
like to get this computer on my network so I could set
up the web server software.

Post by Nate Hill
Most likely, my card worked in an old IBM330 (Intel
Pentium 100Mhz)

Also, Nate, thank you very much for the info. I
installed the card and so far I haven't had any major
problems except that it is not recognized by the OS.
But the LEDs do turn on, and before I installed
NetBSD, Windows did recognize the card.

Thanks again,
J Silverman

Post by Nate Hill
Hi,
I use a lot of DFE-530TX+'s at home because I bought
some on sale. They
work just fine. However you wouldn't want to use
them in a busy server
because there may be performance issues with that
realtek chipset.
rtk0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: D-Link Systems DFE
530TX+
rtk0: interrupting at irq 9
rtk0: Ethernet address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ukphy0 at rtk0 phy 7: Generic IEEE 802.3u media
interface
ukphy0: OUI 0x000000, model 0x0000, rev. 0
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX,
100baseTX-FDX, auto
Cheers,
Ben

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[c***@comcast.net]

Hi Nate,

Could you privately email me your /var/run/dmesg.boot?

Hopefully you have sneakernet available.

Thanks,

Ben

Post by JS
Hi Ben and All,
Well, the installation of NetBSD on my old Pentium
75mhz went very well. On first restart, she booted
great, and I had a working unix distro in less than a
couple of hours. It was also one of the easiest
installations that I have ever done!
Anyway, I noticed that my new D-link card is not being
recognized by the OS. I know you state some
configurations below, but how do I configure it? I'm
really new to NetBsd and unix as a whole and would
like to get this computer on my network so I could set
up the web server software.

[Jeffrey Bedard]

From: JS <***@yahoo.com>

Hi Ben and All,

Well, the installation of NetBSD on my old Pentium
75mhz went very well. On first restart, she booted
great, and I had a working unix distro in less than a
couple of hours. It was also one of the easiest
installations that I have ever done!

Anyway, I noticed that my new D-link card is not being
recognized by the OS. I know you state some
configurations below, but how do I configure it? I'm
really new to NetBsd and unix as a whole and would
like to get this computer on my network so I could set
up the web server software.


To find out if your card is recognized run "dmesg | grep rtk"

It should produce the following:

rtk0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0: D-Link Systems DFE 530TX+
rtk0: interrupting at irq 11
rtk0: Ethernet address <address>
ukphy0 at rtk0 phy 7: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface


This means that rtk0 is the name of the network interface.
Now open up /etc/rc.conf in your favorite text editor.

Add the following:

ifconfig_rtk0="10.0.0.2" #replace this with the machine's ip
address.
hostname="netbsd" #replace this with the hostname that
you want for this machine.
defaultroute="10.0.0.1" #replace this with your gateway's ip
address.
#optionally activate some services.
inetd=YES
sshd=YES

#--end

After editing this file, open up /etc/resolv.conf

Use the following template:

domain <your domain>
nameserver <primary nameserver>
nameserver <secondary (optional) nameserver>



The above should allow you to access the DNS server(s) of your
network.

Hope this helps.


-Jeff

[JS]

Hi Jeff,

Thank you very much for the info. The card is now
being recognized and I can ping some of the other
computers on the network. However, I did not do the
latter part of your instructions because I do not know
the name server of my ISP. Is there anyway that the
computer can autoconfig this, or do I have to check
with my ISP?

Thanks again,
J Silverman

Post by Jeffrey Bedard
After editing this file, open up /etc/resolv.conf
domain <your domain>
nameserver <primary nameserver>
nameserver <secondary (optional) nameserver>
The above should allow you to access the DNS
server(s) of your
network.
Hope this helps.
-Jeff

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computers on the network. However, I did not do the
latter part of your instructions because I do not know
the name server of my ISP. Is there anyway that the
computer can autoconfig this, or do I have to check
with my ISP?

I am not sure if NetBSD can autoconfig the DNS servers. My GNU/Linux box is currently my gateway. It uses the wvdial program (sadly not available on NetBSD at the moment), which does all work necessary to establish a ppp connection, including autodns. I just copied the dns addresses obtained by autodns into my NetBSD box's /etc/resolv.conf. The easiest and quickest way to determine the nameserver is to mail support@<yourisp>.

-Jeff

[c***@comcast.net]

Post by JS
computers on the network. However, I did not do the
latter part of your instructions because I do not know
the name server of my ISP. Is there anyway that the
computer can autoconfig this, or do I have to check
with my ISP?
I am not sure if NetBSD can autoconfig the DNS servers. My GNU/Linux
box is currently my gateway. It uses the wvdial program (sadly not
available on NetBSD at the moment), which does all work necessary to
establish a ppp connection, including autodns. I just copied the dns
addresses obtained by autodns into my NetBSD box's /etc/resolv.conf. The
easiest and quickest way to determine the nameserver is to mail

If you are using pppd, you can put the "usepeerdns" option in your pppd
config file, and it will set up /etc/resolv.conf to use your ISP's DNS
servers.

Cheers,

Ben

[JS]

Hi Ben and Jeff,

Thank you very much for your information about the
autoconfig issues when dealing with the name server on
NetBSD. However, I did hear that I could use my
router as a dns server which will redirect to the main
server on my isp. However, once I set it up to try it
out, the pings to my router or other computers on the
network hang right after I hit the enter button and
will stay there for a couple of minutes before it
starts listing if the pings were successful. Why
would that be? It wasn't doing this before I
configured it for the router. Also, I tried an
outside site, and my netbsd box seems that it cannot
connect with the router as a name server. Do you
might have another suggestions?

Thanks,
J Silverman

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[Nate Hill]

Post by JS
Hi Ben and Jeff,
Thank you very much for your information about the
autoconfig issues when dealing with the name server on
NetBSD. However, I did hear that I could use my
router as a dns server which will redirect to the main
server on my isp. However, once I set it up to try it
out, the pings to my router or other computers on the
network hang right after I hit the enter button and
will stay there for a couple of minutes before it
starts listing if the pings were successful. Why

It's trying, unsucessfully, to resolve the domain supplied.

Post by JS
would that be? It wasn't doing this before I
configured it for the router. Also, I tried an
outside site, and my netbsd box seems that it cannot
connect with the router as a name server. Do you
might have another suggestions?
Thanks,
J Silverman

[David S.]

Post by Nate Hill

Post by JS
NetBSD. However, I did hear that I could use my
router as a dns server which will redirect to the main
server on my isp. However, once I set it up to try it
out, the pings to my router or other computers on the
network hang right after I hit the enter button and
will stay there for a couple of minutes before it
starts listing if the pings were successful. Why

It's trying, unsucessfully, to resolve the domain supplied.

Post by JS
would that be? It wasn't doing this before I
configured it for the router.

You've probably mis-configured BIND. The NetBSD guide explains
how to set up a caching-only name server, which is probably what
you want:

http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-dns.html

David S.

[JS]

Hi David and Nate,

Thanks for the info. However, I think the problem was
with the router, so when I contacted my ISP for an IP
of their nameserver and put that in, every thing began
to work as it should.

But, I am also having some issues installing some
packages on the system. An error message keeps coming
up saying that my temporary directory is full. I
figure this is most likely caused by the really small
disk, only 540 mb, its running on. So I would like to
get an external drive to supplement the internal one
(there's no room for another internal drive in the
case and I would rather not replace the drive I got
working already). But what kind of drive would be
most compatible with NetBSD, scsi or usb? Whatever
one I choose, I also need to get a controller pci card
too, so if you have any suggestions on which card
works the best, that would be great.

Thanks again for all the help!
J Silverman

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Post by JS
Hi David and Nate,
Thanks for the info. However, I think the problem was
with the router, so when I contacted my ISP for an IP
of their nameserver and put that in, every thing began
to work as it should.
But, I am also having some issues installing some
packages on the system. An error message keeps coming
up saying that my temporary directory is full. I
figure this is most likely caused by the really small
disk, only 540 mb, its running on. So I would like to
get an external drive to supplement the internal one
(there's no room for another internal drive in the
case and I would rather not replace the drive I got
working already). But what kind of drive would be
most compatible with NetBSD, scsi or usb? Whatever
one I choose, I also need to get a controller pci card
too, so if you have any suggestions on which card
works the best, that would be great.

SCSI will probably be faster than USB.
LSI-based SCSI adapters works fine (for example, tekram 390U, 390U2 or 390U3)

[JS]

Hi Manuel,

Thank you for the info. Actually I found two nice and
cheap isa scsi controller cards from Adaptec that I am
wondering are compatible with NetBSD before I purchase
them. The first one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540C
and the second one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540CF.
Are both compatible with Netbsd and is either one more
compatible?

Thanks,
J Silverman

Post by Manuel Bouyer
SCSI will probably be faster than USB.
LSI-based SCSI adapters works fine (for example,
tekram 390U, 390U2 or 390U3)
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Post by JS
Hi Manuel,
Thank you for the info. Actually I found two nice and
cheap isa scsi controller cards from Adaptec that I am
wondering are compatible with NetBSD before I purchase
them. The first one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540C
and the second one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540CF.
Are both compatible with Netbsd and is either one more
compatible?

Both should work I think. I used a 1540CF some years ago

-
Manuel Bouyer <***@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
--

[Scott Zahn]

I've used the AHA-1542CF and it works perfectly. I think the 1540CF uses
the same controller chip. Either that or I'm wrong.

Post by JS
Hi Manuel,
Thank you for the info. Actually I found two nice and
cheap isa scsi controller cards from Adaptec that I am
wondering are compatible with NetBSD before I purchase
them. The first one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540C
and the second one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540CF.
Are both compatible with Netbsd and is either one more
compatible?
Thanks,
J Silverman

Post by Manuel Bouyer
SCSI will probably be faster than USB.
LSI-based SCSI adapters works fine (for example,
tekram 390U, 390U2 or 390U3)
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Post by Scott Zahn
I've used the AHA-1542CF and it works perfectly. I think the 1540CF uses
the same controller chip. Either that or I'm wrong.

Hum ... maybe it's a 1542CF I had, not a 1540CF.

[James K. Lowden]

Post by JS
I did hear that I could use my
router as a dns server which will redirect to the main
server on my isp. However, once I set it up to try it
out, the pings to my router or other computers on the
network hang right after I hit the enter button and
will stay there for a couple of minutes before it
starts listing if the pings were successful. Why
would that be? It wasn't doing this before I
configured it for the router. Also, I tried an
outside site, and my netbsd box seems that it cannot
connect with the router as a name server. Do you
might have another suggestions?

Name service is distinct from routing, and it's possible to test them
independently.

"ping -n" tells ping not to bother getting the name of an address. If
your DNS is indeed misconfigured (but your routes are OK), ping -n will
work. If you can ping somewhere by number and not by name, that's a
sure-fire name service issue.

The usual clue to name service issues, btw, is a 30-second delay in trying
to connect to something. I think the resolver waits 30 seconds to hear
back from the DNS.

Try ping -n to your DNS. If you can't see it, chances are it can't see
you, either. ;-)

To test the DNS, use the old-fashioned nslookup(8).

If you can ping your DNS and you know it's running, check that it has a
route to the Internet. You can check its logs, too. Make sure you
haven't blocked port 53, and that it's listening on the interface you're
querying. A quick way to confirm all that is to "telnet DNS 53" (where
"DNS" is your DNS's name or address).

If those things are all OK, but your DNS still won't resolve names for
you, then David's probably right, and you've misconfigured it.

HTH.

--jkl

[James K. Lowden]

Post by JS
I do not know
the name server of my ISP. Is there anyway that the
computer can autoconfig this, or do I have to check
with my ISP?

(As a technical matter, you don't need to use the DNS your ISP provides.
You can use any DNS on the internet, as long as you know its address,
which you could look up in whois. As a practical matter, your ISP's DNS
is "closer" to you and will probably give you the best performance.)

If you don't want/need/like to get your ISP's DNS addresses, NetBSD does
have a self-configuring alternative: join the system and run your own DNS.
DNS servers know how to find each other; you just point resolv.conf at
localhost.

http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-dns.html

See Section 12.5, or skip it and do this:

# grep ^named /etc/defaults/rc.conf \
|sed -Ee's/NO/YES/;
s!\"\".+$!\"-c /etc/namedb/named.conf\"!
' >> /etc/rc.conf

That will put this line in rc.conf:
named=YES named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf"

Then:
# /etc/rc.c/named start

check with
$ cat /var/run/named.pid

to see named's process id, and
$ tail /var/log/messages

to see the good/bad news.

--jkl

[Eric Fox]

An alternative is to install djbdns from pkgsrc and configure dnscaching,
then it won't matter what your ISP's DNS server is.

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Post by James K. Lowden

Post by JS
I do not know
the name server of my ISP. Is there anyway that the
computer can autoconfig this, or do I have to check
with my ISP?

(As a technical matter, you don't need to use the DNS your ISP provides.
You can use any DNS on the internet, as long as you know its address,
which you could look up in whois. As a practical matter, your ISP's DNS
is "closer" to you and will probably give you the best performance.)
If you don't want/need/like to get your ISP's DNS addresses, NetBSD does
have a self-configuring alternative: join the system and run your own DNS.
DNS servers know how to find each other; you just point resolv.conf at
localhost.
http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-dns.html
# grep ^named /etc/defaults/rc.conf \
|sed -Ee's/NO/YES/;
s!\"\".+$!\"-c /etc/namedb/named.conf\"!
' >> /etc/rc.conf
named=YES named_flags="-c /etc/namedb/named.conf"
# /etc/rc.c/named start
check with
$ cat /var/run/named.pid
to see named's process id, and
$ tail /var/log/messages
to see the good/bad news.
--jkl

[Jeffrey Bedard]

Hello

This card works perfectly on my NetBSD box. To get it working, add ifconfig_rtk0="<your ip addr>" to your rc.conf. On my GNU/Linux box, though, it appears that there is bug with this card (more likely hardware (cheap mobo from emachines) than software)). The card crashes after a day or so of uptime (the light on the card remains blinking and connection is lost), and is only fixable by unplugging the machine. I would like you to be aware that this is a possible problem you may face with this card, especially with flakey hardware.

-Jeff

[c***@comcast.net]

Post by Jeffrey Bedard
Hello
This card works perfectly on my NetBSD box. To get it working, add
ifconfig_rtk0="<your ip addr>" to your rc.conf. On my GNU/Linux box,
though, it appears that there is bug with this card (more likely
hardware (cheap mobo from emachines) than software)). The card crashes
after a day or so of uptime (the light on the card remains blinking and
connection is lost), and is only fixable by unplugging the machine. I
would like you to be aware that this is a possible problem you may face
with this card, especially with flakey hardware.

For what it's worth I've been using these cards for a little over 6 months
now and haven't experienced a card crash like that.

Cheers,

Ben

[Nate Hill]

Post by Jeffrey Bedard
Hello
This card works perfectly on my NetBSD box. To get it working, add
ifconfig_rtk0="<your ip addr>" to your rc.conf. On my GNU/Linux

^^^^^^^^^

I have a D-Link DFE-530TX+ and an Asus motherboard with the same
chipset. Both work fine with the rtk driver in 1.6.1. However, I have
had some "watchdog timeout" errors with the card in certain boxes.
This is mainly due to the quality of D-Links cards - read the
beginning of the rtk driver, it contains all you want to know about
the damn things.

Post by Jeffrey Bedard
box, though, it appears that there is bug with this card (more
likely hardware (cheap mobo from emachines) than software)). The
card crashes after a day or so of uptime (the light on the card
remains blinking and connection is lost), and is only fixable by
unplugging the machine. I would like you to be aware that this is
a possible problem you may face with this card, especially with
flakey hardware.

At least they're only $5US.

[Steve Davidson]

The AHA-1542CF works just fine, I use it all the time. The difference in
the controllers is that the 40 has just the SCSI while the 42 has a floppy
interface as well.

The largest drive I've used has been 4.3GB. Drive size (given the age of
the controller series) may be your only issue.

-Steve

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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 14:47
To: JS
Cc: Manuel Bouyer; David S.; ***@freeshell.org; netbsd-***@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: SCSI Controller Card Compatibility (was: Re: BIND
configuration)

I've used the AHA-1542CF and it works perfectly. I think the 1540CF uses
the same controller chip. Either that or I'm wrong.

Post by JS
Hi Manuel,
Thank you for the info. Actually I found two nice and
cheap isa scsi controller cards from Adaptec that I am
wondering are compatible with NetBSD before I purchase
them. The first one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540C
and the second one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540CF.
Are both compatible with Netbsd and is either one more
compatible?
Thanks,
J Silverman

Post by Manuel Bouyer
SCSI will probably be faster than USB.
LSI-based SCSI adapters works fine (for example,
tekram 390U, 390U2 or 390U3)
--
NetBSD: 24 ans d'experience feront toujours la
difference
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[Scott Zahn]

The 1542CF can use up to an 8GB disk. Given the age of the 154xCF, this
means that these controllers were really forward looking and therefore way
cool.

Post by Steve Davidson
The AHA-1542CF works just fine, I use it all the time. The difference in
the controllers is that the 40 has just the SCSI while the 42 has a floppy
interface as well.
The largest drive I've used has been 4.3GB. Drive size (given the age of
the controller series) may be your only issue.
-Steve
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 14:47
To: JS
Subject: Re: SCSI Controller Card Compatibility (was: Re: BIND
configuration)
I've used the AHA-1542CF and it works perfectly. I think the 1540CF uses
the same controller chip. Either that or I'm wrong.

Post by JS
Hi Manuel,
Thank you for the info. Actually I found two nice and
cheap isa scsi controller cards from Adaptec that I am
wondering are compatible with NetBSD before I purchase
them. The first one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540C
and the second one is the Adaptec Model AHA-1540CF.
Are both compatible with Netbsd and is either one more
compatible?
Thanks,
J Silverman

Post by Manuel Bouyer
SCSI will probably be faster than USB.
LSI-based SCSI adapters works fine (for example,
tekram 390U, 390U2 or 390U3)
--
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difference
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[JS]

Thank you everyone for the info! I have decided to go
with the 1540CF card and will be receiving it soon, so
I'll be needing your help to set it up once it arrives
:-)

Anyway, I also found some great information on the
card if anyone is interested. Here is the link:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/techspecs.html?sess=no&language=English+US&prodkey=AHA-1540CF&cat=%2fProduct%2fAHA-1540CF

Thank you again for the help!

J Silverman

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