Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:52:58 +0200 From: "Noor Dawod" <noor@comrax.com> To: "FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: NIC has IP, but has "no carrier" Message-ID: <DDECKKNNPBBCDLPMFBHLMEOFDDAA.noor@comrax.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.40L0.0306120845350.9469-100000@saturn.mikesweb.com>
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Hi, It was a bad cable indeed... pretty amazing how stupid someone could be. Thanks for the quick help! Noor | -----Original Message----- | From: Mike Sturdee [mailto:sturdee@mikesweb.com] | Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:46 PM | To: Noor Dawod | Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List | Subject: Re: NIC has IP, but has "no carrier" | | | Do you have link light on the NIC and switch? Sounds like a bad cable. | | -Mike | | | On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Noor Dawod wrote: | | > Hello, | > | > My computer is not connecting to the local network with the | following | > configuration: | > | > dmesg.boot contains the following lines: | > ----------------------------------------- | > vr0: <VIA VT3043 Rhine I 10/100BaseTX> port 0xec00-0xec7f mem | > 0xfeafbc00-0xfeafbc7f irq 11 at device 12.0 on pci2 | > vr0: Ethernet address: 00:40:05:a5:00:04 | > miibus0: <MII bus> on vr0 | > amphy0: <Am79C873 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 | > amphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto | > | > ifconfig -a reports the following after booting up: | > ----------------------------------------- | > vr0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 | > inet 192.168.80.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.80.255 | > ether 00:40:05:a5:00:04 | > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) | > status: no carrier | > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 | > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 | > | > Routing tables as reported by netstat -r: | > ----------------------------------------- | > Internet: | > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif | > Expire | > default 192.168.80.100 UGSc 0 0 vr0 | > localhost localhost UH 0 72 lo0 | > 192.168.80 link#1 UC 1 0 vr0 | > 192.168.80.100 link#1 UHLW 1 0 vr0 | > | > /etc/rc.conf contains the following lines, among others: | > ----------------------------------------- | > hostname="blah.server.net" | > tcp_extensions="NO" | > log_in_vain="NO" | > tcp_keepalive="NO" | > network_interfaces="auto" | > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" | > ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.80.222 netmask 255.255.255.0" | > defaultrouter="192.168.80.100" | > gateway_enable="NO" | > | > I also tried adding " media auto" in the ifconfig_vr0 above, but it | > didn't help. Same scenario. | > There's no problem in the cables as I use this same port in | a Windows | > 2000 workstation. | > | > What am I missing? | > | > TIA, | > | > /Noor | > | > _______________________________________________ | > 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" | > | | | | -------------------------------------- | "Hard Work Often Pays Off After Time, | but Laziness Always Pays Off Now." | |
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