On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Scott Fendley wrote:

> allocate funds to get a more robust system to be the production FW.)  I
> have 4  3com 3c905b and 3c905's, an SMC Etherpower combo card, and an SMC
> 10/100 card that I have used in this system.  However I have been unable
> to get traffic to make it across the bridge.  This leads me to believe it
> is a configuration under FreeBSD or with the drawbridge that is preventing
> this to work.
> 
> Additionally, when using 2 3com cards,  I get the following error on
> console.  "xl1: Watchdog timeout."  While using the SMCs, I get this
> message.... "tx0: device timeout X packets, seems we can continue
> normaly"

This sounds like an IRQ issue. Do this `/sbin/dmesg | grep irq`. Anything
look the same ? If yes, that is the problem. Check the link lights as well
on the hub/switch or on the back of your NICs.

cheers,
.truman.

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