From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 24 13:12:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E554F106568D for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:12:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivermahmoudi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f227.google.com (mail-bw0-f227.google.com [209.85.218.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75D028FC19 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:12:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz27 with SMTP id 27so1223573bwz.43 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:12:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=Q8WtzJXiDVO4FUEdcEg8GRH4N8B94P8P9jiuneey+jA=; b=eSZwpjdwlBdoI3qSEIRdnUWPJFQBt/LJM6IZQJWNGt0e3RNEbuRhmqVnDpswbNWlxY cKZ7ufRq0ZkCafjPnihdS7SBi40xfnY95AANNGl9FANV6Qb/tha7dLC7KW1BTCkLIMGV aYG/WKGGiEmEvaAyf8aMGPUO3yhqdjsJqlAfI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=dRVy1OyoPB1hjoyAmSADVvJ/JiixPxk1YDgnGjxadUOb3Da4VOR6DLPraSUvKu8Pih zT0aC9AvKj7KeQlACbjqRibK1cuqKqnyNWyz0lDMGwRuTV8ICrkcNnSJS5FPZcueeDZF sstuWKTufzv2TzzirFcjflhBTi2kdil00SmFA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.141.140 with SMTP id c12mr292153hba.15.1253796513707; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:48:33 +0200 Message-ID: <6b4b2d2c0909240548k1aff0984jced89bb176fdb877@mail.gmail.com> From: Oliver Mahmoudi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: FreeBSD crossover cable network X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:12:37 -0000 Hi everybody, I am trying to set up a crossover cable network between two computers running FreeBSD 7.0. The network cards are configured and they work, i.e. I pinged myself and it works. However, when booting up the systems I always get the error message that the link status of my network cards has changed to down. Running `ifconfig` tells me that no carrier has been detected even though the cable ends are plugged in. Any pointers on how to solve this one are welcome. Thanks Oliver