Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:43:49 -0600 From: Will Maier <willmaier@ml1.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig mystery card Message-ID: <20051109224349.GH28298@localdomain> In-Reply-To: <4372767E.6010400@echotrace.com> References: <4372767E.6010400@echotrace.com>
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On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 04:21:50PM -0600, Live-Wire wrote:
> running ifconfig I see (besides my localhost lo0 entry):
>
> x10: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> options=9<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
> ether 00:01:03:20:d5:fd
> media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
> status: no carrier
Did you copy and paste this from a terminal? (I don't think you
did...)
> and yet, running ifconfig x10 i get
>
> "ifconfig: interface x10 does not exist"
I think you've misinterpreted the 'l' in 'xl0' as an '1'.
| ~ % man -k '^xl'
| xl(4) - 3Com Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL Ethernet device driver
| ~ % man -k '^x1'
| ^x1: nothing appropriate
| ~ %
That should also give you a hint as to the type of card you have (a
rather common one, at that).
> Hmm ... what am I missing?
; )
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