Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:07:08 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange Failure Mode in FreeBSD 4.11 Message-ID: <43C68CBC.7020007@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <200601121635.k0CGZ2hn025757@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200601121635.k0CGZ2hn025757@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Martin McCormick wrote: > The Ethernet interface, known as em0 on this system, comes up >According to all the messages. If, however, you try to use it, it is >as dead as a stone. If I try to ping the local host from root, I get this: > >ping: sendto: Permission denied >ping: sendto: Permission denied >ping: sendto: Permission denied > >[...] > If I do an ifconfig em0, the settings return as they were set >in rc.conf. The router address is correct and the fact that one can't >ping 127.0.0.1 either tells me that something really nasty happened >somewhere along the way. > > Maybe someone will just tell you an answer, but in case not can you actually post the output of ifconfig -a and all the em0 stuff from dmesg.boot? Off the cuff, are you *sure* an ethernet cable is actually plugged in and that it is a known working cable? Note sure why that would scotch localhost, though. --Alex
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