Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 15:50:34 +0100 From: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble getting cable connection working Message-ID: <nkd4itcbm68emd5csfu6n0ek68r126edi2@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <200106090630.CAA00348@scarlet.my.domain> References: <01060819020400.01160@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> <200106090630.CAA00348@scarlet.my.domain>
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"Ian P. Thomas" <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well I think I typed it in wrong earlier. I had > >ifconfig_al0=3D"DHCP" > > in rc.conf. I added your suggestion and I still am not getting a >MAC address for this card. I ran the DOS diag on it and the MAC is=20 >00:03:6D:15:C4:ED. For some reason, BSD is not getting this info. I = think >this may be why the card is not working. I did get this error a few = times >before adding the line for the loopback. > >Jun 8 21:07:39 scarlet /kernel: arp: 00:50:e4:80:28:2a is using my IP >address 0.0.0.0! > > as well as > >Jun 8 21:48:12 scarlet /kernel: arp: 00:30:65:4c:1f:52 is using my IP >address 0.0.0.0! > > I have no idea what these other MAC addresses are. I go from the >ethernet card, to the cable modem. The cable modem may have a MAC but = why >would I get two different MAC's in these errors. Should I take back = this >NIC and get a different one? Any suggestions? I only paid 25$ for this >one and would like to get it to work. Might be worth trying a reboot from cold straight into FreeBSD. I read somewhere that some drivers (vr I think) have problems similar to yours when dual booting with windows. Just a thought John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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