From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 25 11:40:46 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 3BE561065679 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:40:46 +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 ACECC8FC16 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz27 with SMTP id 27so1865195bwz.43 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:40:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=5jtLfiSCQafeY9JTMLFBQobh9mhzWOTkeUBjSmqi21o=; b=c2RFvzUTasJSsqa868OEMLiFaxPz5Gweu3ATQ3wCcVHzjLSOtD2llbyxP8BoewjzVK dUblDW6wLZy5Wbd0srlru1NIJOEw9z6gT8Y4BesZbIKEeuRSIJ9Xi/ZFjNa1wAL2aUgj pgwWdksFQpuxwtr3FhUzIhSzqXpdcmfB2SinQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=XEAzLg2+ByD0GIJQ6AX5kfJoDJiBVeiBOUKMBoKrhom0XkYOoXw63CxzJi/A2OxZY7 WQqH7EHMDL573uBIkYL1uWyD+kTzGx3fzNdhZpqsVrAtpfH7lMLTXbUrByD9qg2m2YCz R6coJ8ddF1urMGEdAXv6pkqnZEWB1ySdKp/g8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.182.207 with SMTP id r15mr986hbg.204.1253878844332; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:40:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4ABB73BE.2040608@ibctech.ca> References: <6b4b2d2c0909240548k1aff0984jced89bb176fdb877@mail.gmail.com> <4ABB7373.9020605@ibctech.ca> <4ABB73BE.2040608@ibctech.ca> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:44 +0200 Message-ID: <6b4b2d2c0909250440v896d356k89244f4eada6009a@mail.gmail.com> From: Oliver Mahmoudi To: Steve Bertrand Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:40:46 -0000 Got it, forcing the nics to "up" did the job here. I was quite surprised why it complained at all, as this has never happened to me on my "regular" network. Both of my cards make use of the rl(4) driver. Thanks again. Oliver ps: may the force be with you On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Steve Bertrand wrote: > > Oliver Mahmoudi wrote: > >> 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. > > > > What type of cards are they? > > > > I've noticed in the past that sometimes I had to manually force the > > cards to 'UP' prior to assigning any addresses to them: > > ... in /etc/rc.conf > > > ifconfig_em6="up" > > ifconfig_em6="inet6 2607:f118:1:2::/64 eui64" > > > > Try the "up" statement, and see if it helps after the next reboot. > > Steve > >