Multiple RealTect adaptors

Mykroft Holmes IV mykroft at mykroft.com
Wed Dec 3 09:58:02 PST 2003


Peter Rosa wrote:

>Hello again,
>
>of course, everything was there:
>dmesg - YES
>ifconfig - YES
>rc.conf - YES
>
>But, whenever the machine boots, ifconfig returns:
>rl0: flags 8843 <snip> mtu 1500
>     inet 192.168.1.11 netmask <snip>
>     ether <snip>
>     media <snip>
>     status: active
>rl1: flags 8843 <snip> mtu 1500
>     ether <snip>
>     media <snip>
>     status: no carrier
>
>Both have the same flags. Second has no IP/MSK/BCAST.
>
>ifconfig rl1  192.168.1.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 always returns
>config: ioctl (SIOCIFADDR): File exists
>
>What could be wrong ?
>
>It is the same when I xchange both cards/use another PCI slots.
>
>Peter
>
>
>  
>
Try putting the second NIC on a second subnet. IIRC FreeBSD doesn't 
support multiple adaptors on the same network.

Adam



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