From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 05:55:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A1F37B401 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from saturn.futuredesigns.net (saturn.futuredesigns.net [216.46.197.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9E31543FBF for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:55:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sturdee@mikesweb.com) Received: (qmail 41606 invoked by uid 1000); 12 Jun 2003 12:55:00 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 12 Jun 2003 12:55:00 -0000 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:55:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Sturdee To: Noor Dawod In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: RE: NIC has IP, but has "no carrier" X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:55:02 -0000 No problem, have been there enough times.. ;) -Mike On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Noor Dawod wrote: > Hi, > > It was a bad cable indeed... pretty amazing how stupid someone could be. > Thanks for the quick help! > > Noor > > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Mike Sturdee [mailto:sturdee@mikesweb.com] > | Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:46 PM > | To: Noor Dawod > | Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List > | Subject: Re: NIC has IP, but has "no carrier" > | > | > | Do you have link light on the NIC and switch? Sounds like a bad cable. > | > | -Mike > | > | > | On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Noor Dawod wrote: > | > | > Hello, > | > > | > My computer is not connecting to the local network with the > | following > | > configuration: > | > > | > dmesg.boot contains the following lines: > | > ----------------------------------------- > | > vr0: port 0xec00-0xec7f mem > | > 0xfeafbc00-0xfeafbc7f irq 11 at device 12.0 on pci2 > | > vr0: Ethernet address: 00:40:05:a5:00:04 > | > miibus0: on vr0 > | > amphy0: on miibus0 > | > amphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > | > > | > ifconfig -a reports the following after booting up: > | > ----------------------------------------- > | > vr0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > | > inet 192.168.80.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.80.255 > | > ether 00:40:05:a5:00:04 > | > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > | > status: no carrier > | > lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 > | > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > | > > | > Routing tables as reported by netstat -r: > | > ----------------------------------------- > | > Internet: > | > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif > | > Expire > | > default 192.168.80.100 UGSc 0 0 vr0 > | > localhost localhost UH 0 72 lo0 > | > 192.168.80 link#1 UC 1 0 vr0 > | > 192.168.80.100 link#1 UHLW 1 0 vr0 > | > > | > /etc/rc.conf contains the following lines, among others: > | > ----------------------------------------- > | > hostname="blah.server.net" > | > tcp_extensions="NO" > | > log_in_vain="NO" > | > tcp_keepalive="NO" > | > network_interfaces="auto" > | > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > | > ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.80.222 netmask 255.255.255.0" > | > defaultrouter="192.168.80.100" > | > gateway_enable="NO" > | > > | > I also tried adding " media auto" in the ifconfig_vr0 above, but it > | > didn't help. Same scenario. > | > There's no problem in the cables as I use this same port in > | a Windows > | > 2000 workstation. > | > > | > What am I missing? > | > > | > TIA, > | > > | > /Noor > | > > | > _______________________________________________ > | > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > | > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > | > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > | "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > | > > | > | > | > | -------------------------------------- > | "Hard Work Often Pays Off After Time, > | but Laziness Always Pays Off Now." > | > | > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -------------------------------------- "Hard Work Often Pays Off After Time, but Laziness Always Pays Off Now."