Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:46:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Sturdee <sturdee@mikesweb.com> To: Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NIC has IP, but has "no carrier" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.40L0.0306120845350.9469-100000@saturn.mikesweb.com> In-Reply-To: <DDECKKNNPBBCDLPMFBHLOEOCDDAA.noor@comrax.com>
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Do you have link light on the NIC and switch? Sounds like a bad cable. -Mike On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Noor Dawod wrote: > Hello, > > My computer is not connecting to the local network with the following > configuration: > > dmesg.boot contains the following lines: > ----------------------------------------- > vr0: <VIA VT3043 Rhine I 10/100BaseTX> port 0xec00-0xec7f mem > 0xfeafbc00-0xfeafbc7f irq 11 at device 12.0 on pci2 > vr0: Ethernet address: 00:40:05:a5:00:04 > miibus0: <MII bus> on vr0 > amphy0: <Am79C873 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > amphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > ifconfig -a reports the following after booting up: > ----------------------------------------- > vr0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.80.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.80.255 > ether 00:40:05:a5:00:04 > media: Ethernet autoselect (none) > status: no carrier > lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 > > Routing tables as reported by netstat -r: > ----------------------------------------- > Internet: > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif > Expire > default 192.168.80.100 UGSc 0 0 vr0 > localhost localhost UH 0 72 lo0 > 192.168.80 link#1 UC 1 0 vr0 > 192.168.80.100 link#1 UHLW 1 0 vr0 > > /etc/rc.conf contains the following lines, among others: > ----------------------------------------- > hostname="blah.server.net" > tcp_extensions="NO" > log_in_vain="NO" > tcp_keepalive="NO" > network_interfaces="auto" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.80.222 netmask 255.255.255.0" > defaultrouter="192.168.80.100" > gateway_enable="NO" > > I also tried adding " media auto" in the ifconfig_vr0 above, but it > didn't help. Same scenario. > There's no problem in the cables as I use this same port in a Windows > 2000 workstation. > > What am I missing? > > TIA, > > /Noor > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -------------------------------------- "Hard Work Often Pays Off After Time, but Laziness Always Pays Off Now."
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