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Subject: Re: Status: no carrier
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In a message dated 1/27/02 1:01:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
mylasticposse@hotmail.com writes:

> I searched the mail list archives and haven't found a mention of no carrier 
>  status for the second NIC I put into the FreeBSD box. the first is a 
3com905 
> 
>  which is listed as xl0, the second is a FA311Netgear, listed as sis0. If I 
>  plug the ethernet cable from the existing server into one card, that card 
>  will show as being active, the other will show a status of no carrier. 
>  Doesn't matter which card, only that the cable from the server is 
inserted. 
>  however, I keep getting an error message from ARP trying to access one IP 
>  address which I assigned to the box and is getting a response from the 
wrong 
> 
>  card. I am at work so I don't have the exact error message or I would post 
>  that.

"no carrier" means that your NIC doesnt "see" the signal from the other side. 
You probably have the wrong type of cable. If you connect to a hub, switch or 
cable modem, you need a "straight" cable, which is the normal kind. If you 
connect one PC or router or server directly into another, you need a 
"crossover". You should see a light go on on your NIC if it "sees" the other 
side. 

dennis

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