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From: Marcel Lemmen <marcel@support.nl>
To: Jean-Christophe Varaillon <jcv@vbc.net>
Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Status: no carrier
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Try setting the media to autoselect:
ifconfig fxp1 <ipnr> netmask <netmask> media auto

Kind regards,

Marcel Lemmen
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Jean-Christophe Varaillon wrote:

> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:28:47 +0100 (BST)
> From: Jean-Christophe Varaillon <jcv@vbc.net>
> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Status: no carrier
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> I installed a Network Internet Card on a FreeBSD machine.
> 
> >From the ifconfig command, I have got "status: no carrier".
> 
> ------
> fxp1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 194.207.253.2 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast 194.207.253.7
>         inet6 fe80::202:b3ff:fe13:e596%fxp1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 
>         ether 00:02:b3:13:e5:96 
>         media: 100baseTX <full-duplex> status: no carrier
>         supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
> ------
> 
> The cable (NOT a cross over Ethernet cable) is new.
> 
> The immediat purpose is to link this machine to a hub.
> 
> On the back of this card I have 2 green LEDs: 1 OFF and 1 ON.
> 
> 
> 
> Do you have any idea of why it is not working ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Christophe
> 
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