Steve Bertrand wrote: > Oliver Mahmoudi wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I am trying to set up a crossover cable network between two computers >> running FreeBSD 7.0. >> The network cards are configured and they work, i.e. I pinged myself and it >> works. >> >> However, when booting up the systems I always get the error message that the >> link status >> of my network cards has changed to down. >> >> Running `ifconfig` tells me that no carrier has been detected even though >> the cable ends are >> plugged in. > > What type of cards are they? > > I've noticed in the past that sometimes I had to manually force the > cards to 'UP' prior to assigning any addresses to them:
... in /etc/rc.conf > ifconfig_em6="up" > ifconfig_em6="inet6 2607:f118:1:2::/64 eui64" > > Try the "up" statement, and see if it helps after the next reboot. Steve
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