On 10/27/15 15:31, Chris Cappuccio wrote:
Federico Giannici [giann...@neomedia.it] wrote:
I have to install in an OpenBSD 5.8 amd64 a PCI-E ethernet card supporting
1000BASE-LX (i.e. 1Gbps with Single Mode Fiber).
Usually we use Intel cards (em driver) but I found that the only Intel LX
card has a PCI-X bus!
What reliable LX NIC with PCI-E do you suggest?
If you have trouble finding SFP versions of em cards, you can always try
SFP+ versions of ix cards. They work with 1Gbps SFP and are readily available
from several vendors.
We do have an ix card, the Intel X520-LR1.
I read that it is supposed to work as 1000BASE-LX too but we were not
able to make it work! It never gives the link.
If we try to set 1000BASE-LX as media type it gives error.
isengard:/home/giannici> ifconfig ix2 media
ix2: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 00:1b:21:91:5f:20
priority: 0
media: Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
supported media:
media 10GbaseLR mediaopt full-duplex
media autoselect
Are you sure that it is supposed to work as 1000BASE-LX with OpenBSD 5.8?
Thanks.
