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From: "Keith Spencer" <bsd@smmc.qld.edu.au>
Organization: St Margaret Marys College
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:56:44 +1000
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Hi Doug & All,

> On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Keith Spencer wrote:
> 
> > Hi all...
> > I still have this problem.
> >  I  followed the excellent ppp & net tutorial and set up for my DEC 
> > 21041 card accordingly but.... 
> > 	ifconfig -a 
> > ....does not report the internet address I'd assigned it in rc.conf 
> > it doesn't report being UP or RUNNING ( this box is currently 
> > isolated..i don't have the LAN connected presently though...does it 
> > matter?) but the inet info is missing....
> Well, What *DOES* it report? ;-)  
> > ifconfig_de0="inet 203.56.180.200 netmask 255.255.255.0"

 this is reported by ifconfig -a as ....
de0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>mtu 1500
			ether: 00:c0:f0:14:dc:dc 

> It should read something like...
 
> de0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 203.56.180.200 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 203.56.180.255

Yep but it don't!?? Some other details are...
a)It possibly doesn't matter but it is a Kingstone NIC with a DEC 
chipset.  
b) With pppij set to ppp -auto ISP -auto
I wasn't able to ping out or even localhost. (althoughping localhost 
initiated the dial)
c) I did notice in the light grey booting section that it said...
	can't fiind tun0, lo0,de0
d) The netcard is not currently connected to my LAN
Any ideas..
Thanks a heap

Keith Spencer
Teacher...St Margaret Marys College
Townsville Australia