From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 27 11:27:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B6F737B402 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:27:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=tanya.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16UuxY-0003wG-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 19:27:24 +0000 Received: by tanya.raggedclown.net (tanya.raggedclown.intra, from userid 500) id 21F5C45136; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:27:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:27:23 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Status: no carrier Message-ID: <20020127192722.GA1256@raggedclown.net> References: <4b.176f95a7.29859ed2@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4b.176f95a7.29859ed2@aol.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:20:02PM -0500, TD790@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/27/02 1:01:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, > mylasticposse@hotmail.com writes: > > > I searched the mail list archives and haven't found a mention of no carrier > > status for the second NIC I put into the FreeBSD box. the first is a > 3com905 > > > > which is listed as xl0, the second is a FA311Netgear, listed as sis0. If I > > plug the ethernet cable from the existing server into one card, that card > > will show as being active, the other will show a status of no carrier. > > Doesn't matter which card, only that the cable from the server is > inserted. > > however, I keep getting an error message from ARP trying to access one IP > > address which I assigned to the box and is getting a response from the > wrong > > > > card. I am at work so I don't have the exact error message or I would post > > that. > > "no carrier" means that your NIC doesnt "see" the signal from the other side. > You probably have the wrong type of cable. If you connect to a hub, switch or > cable modem, you need a "straight" cable, which is the normal kind. If you > connect one PC or router or server directly into another, you need a > "crossover". You should see a light go on on your NIC if it "sees" the other > side. You may also need to use a crossover cable if you connect to an ADSL modem. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message