On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Pierguido <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> hi all.
> [snip]
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dladm show-phys
> LINK         MEDIA                STATE      SPEED DUPLEX   DEVICE
> e1000g0      Ethernet             up         1000 full      e1000g0
> e1000g1      Ethernet             unknown    0    half      e1000g1
>
> If i try to force the nic:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ifconfig bge0 plumb
> ifconfig: cannot open link "bge0": No such device or address
>
> Use this:
ifconfig e1000g0 plumb

The hint is in the device name shown by dladm show-phys.

You can also see what is known in prtconf output and grep for netw in
/etc/path_to_inst

However one gotcha with path_to_inst ... missing hardware, eg removed PCI
cards, are not cleared out of this file.

Cheers,
  _hartz

-- 
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
   Arthur C. Clarke

My blog: http://initialprogramload.blogspot.com
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