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Date:      Mon, 1 Jun 1998 14:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Alan M. Friedman" <alan@kether.intellint.com>
Cc:        "Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Need setup for Intel Etherexpress Pro/10 BNC port
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980601143253.15962v-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <v03007802b197d4d70ede@[198.178.173.3]>

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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Alan M. Friedman wrote:

> 	That's what I'm seeing now.  The interface comes up
> with "ifconfig zp0 inet 198.178.173.1 link0 netmask 255.255.255.0"
> and pings localhost, but gives "Sendto: Host is down" when pinging
> any other host, including my default route(an ISDN modem).  The
> Etherlink III green light (indicating network activity) never
> lights at all.

Check your cable.  The light is a link light -- it should go on when the
card is initially probed and a good 10BaseT link is present.    The `host
is down' comes from a lack of a route to the desired host.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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