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Date:      Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:26:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dave McCammon <davemac11@yahoo.com>
To:        Peter Rosa <prosa@pro.sk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Multiple RealTect adaptors
Message-ID:  <20031203222640.20733.qmail@web41403.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <004201c3b9c3$83141ac0$3501a8c0@pro.sk>

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--- Peter Rosa <prosa@pro.sk> wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> of course, everything was there:
> dmesg - YES
> ifconfig - YES
> rc.conf - YES
> 
> But, whenever the machine boots, ifconfig returns:
> rl0: flags 8843 <snip> mtu 1500
>      inet 192.168.1.11 netmask <snip>
>      ether <snip>
>      media <snip>
>      status: active
> rl1: flags 8843 <snip> mtu 1500
>      ether <snip>
>      media <snip>
>      status: no carrier
> 
> Both have the same flags. Second has no
> IP/MSK/BCAST.
> 
> ifconfig rl1  192.168.1.12 netmask 255.255.255.0
> always returns
> config: ioctl (SIOCIFADDR): File exists
> 
> What could be wrong ?
> 
> It is the same when I xchange both cards/use another
> PCI slots.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
I believe it has something to do with the netmask and
the interface rl1 being on the same subnet.
It should work by giving the interface a subnet of 255.255.255.255.

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