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From: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Trouble getting cable connection working
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	Well I finally got the NIC installed but I can't seem to connect.

dmesg output
al0: <ADMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> rev 0x11 int a irq 17 on pci0.13.0
al0: Ethernet address: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
al0: autoneg complete, link status good (full-duplex, 100Mbps)

in rc.conf
ifconfig_al0"DHCP"

	I also have bpf enabled in the kernel.  This is pretty much all you
need according to the handbook online.

ifconfig -a
al0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
        ether ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
        media: 100baseTX <full-duplex>
        supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
<half-dupl
ex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP
<half-duplex>

	I'm going to assume that the inet shouldn't be 0.0.0.0, and the
ether address should also be something else.  I've never had a high speed
connection before so I don't know much about setting one up.  Any glaring
errors here?

Ian


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