Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:29:21 -0500 From: "Peter L. Thomas" <Pete@painless-computing.com> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: de0 OACTIVE, passes no traffic Message-ID: <00FECC197395D311B57A005004D90F0D02162C@www.painless-computing.com>
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# uname -a
FreeBSD firewall.painless-computing.com 3.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE #0:
Wed Feb 2 11:55:16 GMT 2000
root@firewall.painless-computing.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/FIREWALL i386
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firewall# ifconfig de0
de0: flags=8c47<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,RUNNING,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
ether 00:e0:29:11:0a:88
media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active
supported media: autoselect 10base5/AUI 10base2/BNC 10baseT/UTP
<full-du
plex> 10baseT/UTP
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firewall# dhclient de0
Listening on BPF/de0/00:e0:29:11:0a:88
Sending on BPF/de0/00:e0:29:11:0a:88
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPDISCOVER on de0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on de0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
^C
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My other NIC, when I swap ethernet segments, pulls a DHCP offer from the
server using the same cable and cable modem. It's config information
(currently configured for the private net):
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firewall# ifconfig tl0
tl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.0.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
ether 00:80:5f:dd:e6:0f
media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>)
supported media: 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <half-duplex>
100base
TX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> autoselect 10base5/AUI 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP
<hal
f-duplex>
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The "OACTIVE" flag on the de0 interface seems to have something to do with
it according to my net research--but noone seems to have a cure.
--Pete
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Pete Thomas, MCSE
Painless Computing, Inc.
http://www.painless-computing.com
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