On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:36:37 +0000 (UTC), in sentex.lists.freebsd.net you
wrote:
>Thanks for all who replied to this thread, indicating that a bad cable was
>likely the culprit.
>
>In this case, changing the cable didn't help, but commenting out the
>"ifconfig_rl0='up'" line in /etc/rc.conf fixed the problem.
>
>Any ideas on why doing an 'ifconfig rl0 up' before starting PPP (using set
>device PPPoE:rl0) would cause this problem? (These machines are running
>4.3-REL-p20)
Not sure why. But, I have noticed that many of the realtek cards do not
detect their speed / media type properly. On my DSL connection, I need to
do ifconfig rl0 media 10baseT/UTP. Try in your /etc/rc.conf instead of just
ifconfig_rl0='up'
try
ifconfig_rl0='media 10baseT/UTP up'
Without doing this, ifconfig rl0 shows a media type of none and the
connection does not function properly.
---Mike
Mike Tancsa ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sentex Communications Corp,
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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