From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 22 19:05:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7708D1065672 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:05:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 433C98FC17 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:05:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n9MJ5dsO063534; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:05:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200910221905.n9MJ5dsO063534@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:05:39 -0400 To: Marius =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=FCnnerich?= , FreeBSD Stable Mailing List From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: ale0 gets no carrier X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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, 22 Oct 2009 19:05:41 -0000 At 02:22 PM 10/22/2009, Marius N=FCnnerich wrote: >Hi Pyun, all, > >today I installed FreeBSD 8-STABLE r198366 on a new Box. It has a Atheros= nic: >ale0@pci0:2:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x831c1043 chip=3D0x1026196= 9 >rev=3D0xb0 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)' > device =3D 'PCI-E ETHERNET CONTROLLER (AR8121/AR8113 )' > class =3D network > subclass =3D ethernet > >ale0: flags=3D8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 >=20 >options=3D319a > ether 00:24:8c:a4:0a:b3 > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > >The nic gets no carrier at all. I tried against two known-working nics >with a cross-over cable and against a dsl-modem. >Any idea what to try? Will happily test patches. Did you try and give it an IP address so that its=20 "UP" ? Some nics dont seem to have carrier until=20 you put it in UP state with an IP. Try something simple like ifconfig ale0 192.168.255.254/30 ---Mike > - Marius >_______________________________________________ >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" -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike