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Date:      Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:16:00 +0100
From:      krad <kraduk@googlemail.com>
To:        Oliver Mahmoudi <olivermahmoudi@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD crossover cable network
Message-ID:  <d36406630909240616y3709e125tb9d37812602da156@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/9/24 Oliver Mahmoudi <olivermahmoudi@gmail.com>

> 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
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force both ends to 100 full, although autoneg should work fine. Are you sure
its not just reporting that as it comes up and not soring itself out after
10-15 s?



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