From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 3 19:04:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 061321065672 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:04:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B57DE8FC21 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:04:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MBvlP-0004Uy-0r for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:04:39 +0000 Received: from pool-70-21-5-8.res.east.verizon.net ([70.21.5.8]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:04:39 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-70-21-5-8.res.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:04:39 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:06:08 -0400 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <1b30fd140906031136u577c15b1rdca015869491720f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-21-5-8.res.east.verizon.net Sender: news Subject: Re: ethernet card not working X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:04:43 -0000 David Collins wrote: > Hi, > > I have just gotten an old ethernet card, not entirely sure how old it > is but it has pulse H1012 on one of the chips and appears as ethernet > device fxp0 in freebsd 7.0. > > When I plug an ethernet cable between this card and another computer > (freebsd 7.2) ifconfig says that the status has no carrier. When I > unplug either end and plug it into my ibook (OS X) the status changes > to active and I can ping the other computer. From this I can see that > both both freebsd computers have working ethernet cards and the cable > works also, just not freebsd-freebsd. > > Does anyone have any ideas why this might be the case and how to fix it? > One thing to consider is you may require a crossover cable for a computer to computer connection (e.g., no hub or switch in use). Most newer equipment will auto configure for any cabling arrangement so it doesn't matter if it's a straight-thru or crossover; but if you are using a straight-thru it may be failing because the old card is balking. Try using a crossover cable and see if it makes any difference. -Mike