From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 21:17:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0DE16A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:17:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14FD643D5A for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:17:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from sclpc01.scls.lib.wi.us (sclpc01.scls.lib.wi.us [172.26.2.225]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iAALHutC043743; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:17:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.0.20041110150450.04a28ea8@mail.scls.lib.wi.us> X-Sender: nalists@mail.scls.lib.wi.us X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:17:54 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Greg Barniskis In-Reply-To: <200411101555.16659.m.hauber@mchsi.com> References: <200411100700.12410.m.hauber@mchsi.com> <200411101555.16659.m.hauber@mchsi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: Ben Haysom Subject: Re: Hello List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:17:59 -0000 At 02:55 PM 11/10/2004, Mike Hauber wrote: >Okay, so let's look at this... > >ISP -- modem -- rl0 -- fbsd -- sis0 -- LAN > >The kernal obviously has the drivers up and running (else >the output of ifconfig wouldn't have shown the interfaces) > >For _some_ reason, rl0 is showing a status of "no carrier." > >This tells me one of two things... > >1. The cable between rl0 and the modem is not connected. >2. The cable is faulty. So far, so good. Also, re: point 2.... unless the picture is really like modem -- [hub or switch] -- rl0 You may need to use a cross pinned cable between modem and rl0. One may have come with the modem; if you substituted another ethernet patch cable you had on hand, that may not work. Or vice versa, if you have put a hub or switch in the mix, you may need to replace the modem's provided crossover cable with a normal one. -------------------------------------- Greg Barniskis Library Interchange Network (LINK) South Central Library System (SCLS) (608) 266-6348 www.scls.lib.wi.us