On my G4 I 've had no probles so far with gem(4).
I have a 1.25GHz one.
Maybe we can compare logs on this.
However, my mini is not under any heavy network load.
I have it as a DMZ host with snort enabled and
a simple pf config. Nothing much.Just testing so far(7 days)



On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 01:07:21AM -0400, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:02 PM, FUGU <fugu0xa@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also, while we are at it, does anyone know if openbsd supports
> > the latest apple usb ethernet adapter?
> > I see that the AXE(4) driver supports Apple USB Ethernet Adapter A1277
> > but no info on the latest one
> > thanks...
>
> I wasn't aware that there was a new one. The old one works great.
> Since we are on the topic of ethernet, I was wondering if anyone has
> experienced the gem(4) driver having issues on a Mac mini G4. I have
> six Mac mini G4's of varying speeds. There are two 1.25 GHz, two 1.42
> GHz, and two 1.5 GHz. I have had mixed results with the built-in
> gem(4). I first noticed the problem with one of the 1.25 GHz systems.
> With both identically configured, one of them would have the gem(4)
> interface drop out every few days and either 'sh /etc/netstart gem0'
> or a restart would restore connectivity. This was with OpenBSD/macppc
> 4.5 and earlier for sure but I believe 4.7 is the same because the 1.5
> GHz system I just installed had trouble with gem(4) as well. Anyone
> have similar experiences?
>
> Bryan

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