On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Marwan Sultan wrote:
Why the network cable from Modem router to box directly doesnot
work in the time from Modem router to HUB and from HUB to BSD
box works fine?
you need a cross cable to connect the modem router directly to the freebsd
box.
it's a
Marwan Sultan wrote:
When I plug the network cable From the Modem router directly to my
FreeBSD in the first NIC rl0 it doesnot take the internet connection.
and nor the light in the rl0 lights.!
So to solve the problem, I have a small HUB i pluged the cable from
the
It does not work because you are not using the correct cable. In order
to directly connect to NICs (or NIC-to-Router) you need a cross-over
cable. The pin-through is different than a normal patch cable. Google
cross-over cable or just ask the guy behind the counter of your local
computer
