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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!nntp.reed.edu!sun.lclark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!uw-coco!nwnews.wa.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-hub.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-ana-24.sprintlink.net!news.metrocon.com!not-for-mail From: snikifor@metrocon.com (Sergey Nikiforov) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: SMC EtherPower 10Base-T enable/disable problem Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 15:05:35 GMT Organization: MetroCon Communications, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <32a047ff.6880043@news> Reply-To: snikifor@metrocon.com NNTP-Posting-Host: compwiz.metrocon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99f/32.299 Hi there, I've got a Pentium box here with two SMC EtherPower 10Base-T NICs <Digital DC21041 Ethernet> running on FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA. The box is used as a simple router between two Ethernet segments. Strange thing occurs when you unplug the cable out the SMC card and plug it back in: the kernel reports that the interface de0(or de1) is enabled and ifconfig will report that the interface is up and running but you will not be able to even ping that interface. After manually taking the interface down and up with ifconfig, communication will be restored. Although, it does not sound like a big deal, manually cycling the interface can be a major annoynce just because the cable was pulled out of concentrator for a short period of time. Sergey Nikiforov snikifor@metrocon.com Metrocon Communications, Inc.