Re: Can't see second ethernet interface

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Date: 27 Dec 2003 13:31:08 -0500

srp336@getcoactive.com (Steve Pfister) writes:
> I'm trying to reconstruct a crashed server (Solaris 2.6). Everything
> is mostly back and working after copying everything to a new drive and
> restoring two partitions from backup. The only thing wrong is that it
> only shows the built-in ethernet interface and not the second ethernet
> interface which is on a pci card. If I boot the machine from a cd,
> both interfaces (hme0 and hme1) show up and I can assign addresses to
> them and they function as expected, so I'm thinking it's a config
> issue and not a hardware problem. But nothing I do seems to get it to
> work.

"Nothing I do?" So, what have you done? And what happened when you
did it?

> How can I get my second ethernet back?

What happens if you try to plumb the interface?

        # ifconfig hme1 plumb {IP-address} netmask + broadcast + up

(Where "{IP-address}" is the IP address to be assigned to the
interface.)

If that works, then it's just configuration to be set up for the next
boot:

        # echo {IP-address} > /etc/hostname.hme1

Or, if you're using DHCP on hme1's network:

        # touch /etc/hostname.hme1 /etc/dhcp.hme1

If plumbing the interface doesn't work, then I'd guess that the system
isn't seeing the card at all.

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