Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:11:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is the wb driver broken? Message-ID: <199909300111.VAA03508@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990929180041.jdp@polstra.com> from "John Polstra" at Sep 29, 99 06:00:41 pm
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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, John Polstra had to walk into mine and say: > > Is there any reason why you're not letting it autodetect (which is > > what it does by default, or with media autoselect). > > I inherited an /etc/rc.conf file that somebody else set up. I'll > try letting it autodetect and see what happens. > > But ... after I sent off that last mail, it acquired the carrier > after a small delay. I don't know why it didn't see it at first. It could be that either the PHY or the hub port take a second to get their brains together. > > Make sure it's plugged in, make sure the link light is lit. > > Er, I happen to be 1000 miles away from the link light. Maybe if I > squint real hard ... :-) You know, I have a rule about not doing software upgrades on equipment that I can't actually get my hands on. > Thanks for the help. I seem to be over the hump on the wb interface > anyway. I trust this means it's actually passing traffic. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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