On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Pradeep Subramaniam < pradeep at subramaniam.com> wrote:
> I am so embarrassed. It was indeed the cable. I switched the cable and it > worked!! > > > > The only reason I did not try this is because when the machine was going > through POST, the port on the router did light up. It then went off as the > OS was booting up. That, with the entry in the messages file, made me > believe that for some reason, the driver was getting removed from the > kernel. > > > > Thank you for the pointer. > > > > --Pradeep > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Steven Acres [mailto:admin at swatteksystems.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:08 PM > *To:* Pradeep Subramaniam > *Cc:* opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org > *Subject:* Re: [osol-help] Unable to get the machine on the net > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Pradeep Subramaniam < > pradeep at subramaniam.com> wrote: > > I am new to OpenSolaris. Just installed a SunFire V20z with OpenSolaris > 2009.06. Installation went through fine, but the bge 100/1000 NIC do not > connect to the router. > > Upon checking the messages file, I see the following: > > Interface bge0 has been removed from the kernel. in.ndpd will no longer use > it. > > What do I need to do to get this going? Please help. > > It is a Broadcom chipset, BCM5704CKRB. > > TIA. > > Pradeep. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org > > > Hey Pradeep, > > 1. Does the router provide DHCP? > > The message about in.ndpd can be ignored .. that's IPV6 *unless of course > if you need IPV6 ..* > ifconfig bge0 will display more info on that interface. > And of course you have checked your cabling .. > > No problem Pradeep, stuff happens, glad you're up and running. -- Cheers, Steven ----------------------- Steven Acres Toronto OpenSolaris User Group <TOROSUG> Leader http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-help/attachments/20091006/09d16d83/attachment.html>
