Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:04:11 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: kavitha s <kavitha@wellspringsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Issue Message-ID: <20051122000411.GC3651@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20051121060051.3367.qmail@web410.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051120182107.GB2559@osiris.chen.org.nz> <20051121060051.3367.qmail@web410.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 06:00:51AM +0000, kavitha s wrote:
>
> --- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 09:05:51AM +0000, kavitha s
> > wrote:
> > > hi
> > > I have installed freeBSD in my laptop.But iam
> > unable to ping to the gateway.So icant access
> > through it.Please give me a solution to it as soon
> > as possible.
[...]
> /etc/rc.conf contence
>
> #--sysinstall generated deltas--# thu Nov 17 00:09:13
> #enable network daemons for user convineince.
> #please make all in changes to this files.....
> #This file now contains just the ....
> defaultsrouter="192.168.15.1"
> hostname="rose"
> ifconfig_xl0="inet 192.168.15.24 netmask
> 255.255.255.0"
> ipv6_enable="YES"
> linux_enable="YES"
> mouse_enable="YES"
> mouse_type="/dev/psm0"
> moused_type="auto"
> saver="fire"
> usbd_enable="YES"
> #this.....
> #.....
>
> ifconfig ....
>
> plip0:
> flags=108851<UP,POINTTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST>mtu
> 1500
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST>mtu
> 16384
> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> inet ::1 prefixlen 128
> inet6 fe80::1%lo prefixlen 64 scopied 0x2
> xl0: flags=8843<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST>mtu 1500
> options=9<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
> inet192.168.15.24netmask0xff000000broadcast192.168.15.255
> inet6 fe80::201:2ff:fe79:d873%xl0prefixlen64scopied0x3
> ether 00:01:02:79:d8:73
> media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
> status: no carrier
There's your problem `no carrier'. Your card is either:
1. dead.
2. not plugged in
3. has a bad cable.
4. bad switch.
Your netmask of 0xff000000 on the ifconfig output looks dodgy as well.
It doesn't correspond to what you have in /etc/rc.conf
Cheers.
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<jonc@chen.org.nz> | To be is to do -- Sartre
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