On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Steve Bertrand <st...@ibctech.ca> wrote: > Brian McCann wrote: >> I'm having problems with the bce interface on a FreeBSD 7.2 install, using >> an IBM BladeCenter HS21 machine. The machine uses the NetXtreme II card. >> The really strange thing here is, the switch shows a link, but the card >> shows no carrier in the setup. It started working for a few seconds at one >> point when I reset the switch (at least, I think that's what I did), and it >> detected 1000BaseSX as the media and showed a status of active, but promptly >> went away. If I try setting the media type manually, that doesn't appear to >> work. >> Has anyone seen this or have any ideas? > > Try forcing the interface to 'up': > > # ifconfig bce0 up > > If that works, add it to the /etc/rc.conf: > > # echo 'ifconfig_bce0="up"' >> /etc/rc.conf > > Steve >
Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried it, but still get "no carrier" for the status. --Brian -- _-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_ Brian McCann "I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me." -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"