[wplug-bsd] Dumb question: "no route to host" but why?
Brandon Kuczenski
brandon at 301south.net
Thu Jul 7 15:56:47 EDT 2005
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Poyner, Brandon wrote:
> Ok, from the output of your ifconfig, you can see why FreeBSD isn't
> happy with the route.
>
>> media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
>> status: no carrier
>
> That should say something more like:
>
> media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
> status: active
>
> server. I think I've sometimes made it work by moving the cards to
> other PCI slots, and always made it work by using a mismatch of brands.
> Also check for link light and/or try switching the cable.
>
Well crap. I have four (4) xl-type cards, and no two of them work
together. I have one other el cheapo card but FreeBSD can't find a driver
for it. I'm pretty pissed off that I can't get a simple two-NIC server
working when I have 5 NICs.
By the way, I now have 'status: active' on both cards (I assume that comes
from switching around the PCI slots), but I still don't get a route.
Do you have any other suggestions, or do I actually have to go to the
store and buy another NIC? How can I tell from the packaging whether it's
going to be an xl-driven card?
-Brandon
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