Bill Paul wrote:
>>
>> OK, I did that and it made the SIOCSIFMEDIA message go away. But
>> now it's not showing carrier:
>>
>> Doing initial network setup: hostname domain.
>> wb0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>> inet 204.216.27.25 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 204.216.27.31
>> ether 00:00:e8:18:5b:1d
>> media: 100baseTX status: no carrier
>> supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP
><full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP none
>>
>> Any other ideas?
>
> Is there any reason why you're not letting it autodetect (which is
> what it does by default, or with media autoselect).
I inherited an /etc/rc.conf file that somebody else set up. I'll
try letting it autodetect and see what happens.
But ... after I sent off that last mail, it acquired the carrier
after a small delay. I don't know why it didn't see it at first.
> Make sure it's plugged in, make sure the link light is lit.
Er, I happen to be 1000 miles away from the link light. Maybe if I
squint real hard ... :-)
Thanks for the help. I seem to be over the hump on the wb interface
anyway.
John
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