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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
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Subject: Re: de0 under 2.2-STABLE
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, spork wrote:

> Jul 29 13:00:05 newporn /kernel: de0: link down: cable problem?
> 
> If the cable is plugged back in, the link is dead and the link LED on the
> card flashes.  netstat -i will freeze after the first line is output.  If

  Use a "-n" too, because it is probably hanging because DNS is
unreachable.

> I give it a "ifconfig de0 down" and then "ifconfig de0 up" it comes back
> and works fine and has a solid link light.
> 
> Is this a known problem?  And if so, is there a fix in the works, or is

  The "ifconfig down", "ifconfig up" is the solution.  Just don't unplug
the card.  The severity of this problem depends on the card you use.  

> support for the Digital cards going away?

  No, not at all.  Correct media detection is major pain with those cards,
though.

> Someone had suggested getting the de0 package from 3am-software.com; can
> anyone give me a "yay" or "nay" on that?
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Charles

Tom