Re: Dell Mini 1012 network issues

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:27 AM Go Canes <letsgonhlcanes0%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get NetBSD running on a Dell Mini 1012.  I know Linux
> seems to have issues with this hardware, so was hoping NetBSD might do
> better.  I can install and it boots, but I haven't been able to get
> the network working.
>
> Issues:
> - constant messages saying "re0: watchdog timeout".  I suspect that
> until this is addressed I won't get much farther.
> -  If I rely on DHCP to configure the NIC, I appear to get garbage, as
> the IP4 address is not on-network.
> - If I manually set a valid IP4 address and gateway, it still can't
> communicate.  It can't even ping the gateway.

Use a USB network adapter until the driver is fixed.

A couple of my Dell's have had to wait for the drivers to catch up.

Jeff