On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 04:21:50PM -0600, Live-Wire wrote:
> running ifconfig I see (besides my localhost lo0 entry):
> 
> x10: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>    options=9<RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU>
>    ether 00:01:03:20:d5:fd
>    media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
>    status: no carrier

Did you copy and paste this from a terminal? (I don't think you
did...)

> and yet, running ifconfig x10 i get
> 
> "ifconfig: interface x10 does not exist"

I think you've misinterpreted the 'l' in 'xl0' as an '1'.

    | ~ % man -k '^xl'                                                          
                 
    | xl(4)                    - 3Com Etherlink XL and Fast Etherlink XL 
Ethernet device driver
    | ~ % man -k '^x1'                                                          
                 
    | ^x1: nothing appropriate
    | ~ %

That should also give you a hint as to the type of card you have (a
rather common one, at that).

> Hmm ... what am I missing?

; )

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