From owner-freebsd-current Wed Sep 29 18: 7: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (skynet.ctr.columbia.edu [128.59.64.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C452F152C9 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 18:06:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu) Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA03508; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:11:17 -0400 From: Bill Paul Message-Id: <199909300111.VAA03508@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: Is the wb driver broken? To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:11:16 -0400 (EDT) Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "John Polstra" at Sep 29, 99 06:00:41 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1541 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, John Polstra had to walk into mine and say: > > Is there any reason why you're not letting it autodetect (which is > > what it does by default, or with media autoselect). > > I inherited an /etc/rc.conf file that somebody else set up. I'll > try letting it autodetect and see what happens. > > But ... after I sent off that last mail, it acquired the carrier > after a small delay. I don't know why it didn't see it at first. It could be that either the PHY or the hub port take a second to get their brains together. > > Make sure it's plugged in, make sure the link light is lit. > > Er, I happen to be 1000 miles away from the link light. Maybe if I > squint real hard ... :-) You know, I have a rule about not doing software upgrades on equipment that I can't actually get my hands on. > Thanks for the help. I seem to be over the hump on the wb interface > anyway. I trust this means it's actually passing traffic. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message