"no carrier" by using 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet

[Alexander Fiveg]

On Thursday 15 July 2010 19:46:19 Jerry Toung wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Alexander Fiveg 
<pebu3op at googlemail.com>wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to use the network adapter based on the Intel® 82599 10
> > Gigabit Ethernet Controller with ixgbe-2.2.3 driver. The driver loads
> > properly but ifconfig shows "no carrier" for all ix* interfaces. The
> > adapter shouldn't
> > be corrupt though - I've tested this adapter on the same machine with
> > Linux (Ubuntu) and it worked properly.
>
> Alex,
> try setting an IP address on that interface anyway. You may see that
> magically the carrier
> is now there.
> ping, etc.. should work too after that.
> Jerry


Waw, really magic :)
it works... Thanks a lot!

Alex