Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, John Polstra
had to walk into mine and say:
> > 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.
It could be that either the PHY or the hub port take a second to
get their brains together.
> > 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 ... :-)
You know, I have a rule about not doing software upgrades on
equipment that I can't actually get my hands on.
> Thanks for the help. I seem to be over the hump on the wb interface
> anyway.
I trust this means it's actually passing traffic.
-Bill
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