Hello List

[Greg Barniskis]

At 02:55 PM 11/10/2004, Mike Hauber wrote:
>Okay, so let's look at this...
>
>ISP -- modem -- rl0 -- fbsd -- sis0 -- LAN
>
>The kernal obviously has the drivers up and running (else
>the output of ifconfig wouldn't have shown the interfaces)
>
>For _some_ reason, rl0 is showing a status of "no carrier."
>
>This tells me one of two things...
>
>1.  The cable between rl0 and the modem is not connected.
>2.  The cable is faulty.

So far, so good. Also, re: point 2.... unless the picture is really like

modem -- [hub or switch] -- rl0

You may need to use a cross pinned cable between modem and rl0.
One may have come with the modem; if you substituted another
ethernet patch cable you had on hand, that may not work. Or vice
versa, if you have put a hub or switch in the mix, you may need to
replace the modem's provided crossover cable with a normal one.



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