Subject: Re: configuring se0 device
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@ninthwonder.com>
From: Thomas Carlson <tcarlson@myback40.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/11/2006 17:18:22
On Monday, September 11, 2006, at 04:50 PM, Allen Briggs wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 04:33:04PM -0700, Thomas Carlson wrote:
>>> OK.  Is there any kind of link notification on the cabletron box?
>> Yes, the box has an LED indicating that a link has been established.
>
> OK.  And is that lit at any point (or at all points) while running
> NetBSD?

Yes, the link light is lit at all times and another that indicates that 
the adapter is receiving data packets from the network is also flashing.

>
>>> Is the interface marked as "UP" with an IP address after the
>>> ifconfig command?
>> No, after:
>> ifconfig se0 inet 192.168.2.2
>> I get:
>> se0: device enable failed
>
> If you run 'ifconfig se0' after you get 'se0: device enable failed',
> do you see anything?  Or do you just get the 'se0: device enable 
> failed'
> message again?  If you see anything different, what do you see?

After "ifconfig se0" I get:

se0  flags=8822<BROADCAST, NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
		address:00:00:1d:0d:c8:80

>
> Thanks,
> -allen
>
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