[OpenBSD] Error with static IP

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February 9th, 2010, 05:53 AM

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[OpenBSD] Error with static IP

I've just installed OpenBSD for the second time in the last 24 hours and I'm still wondering:
Why do I get the message "nfe0: No link.." when I've set static ip?

/etc/hostname.nfe0:

Code:

dhcp NONE NONE NONE NONE
inet 10.1.1.5 255.255.255.0 NONE

When I'm running sh /etc/netstart I get the message:

Code:

nfe0: no link ........... sleeping

But, when I'm running dhclient nfe0 (and putting the cable into the modem) I get internet and everything is OK.
The clue is that I'm not going to have internet on this, just a local machine.

And, when I'm running ifconfig nfe0 inet 10.1.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 and trying to ping other machines on the local network, I get the message Host is down, but it's not..

Output of ifconfig nfe0:

Code:

nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 00:11:09:c0:e5:97
priority:0
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier
inet6 xxxx:211:9ff:fec0:e597%nfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 10.1.1.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.1.255

Why do I get the annoying message nfe0: no link ........... sleeping?

edit: Added some more info.
edit2: added ifconfig

February 12th, 2010, 12:40 AM

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Odd. Status shows "no carrier". This means it doesn't think that the jack is plugged into the card.

Wait a minute, did you say you had two lines in /etc/hostname.nfe0. The first line is incorrect. There should be only one line there if you want a static IP:

Code:

inet 10.1.1.5 255.255.255.0 10.1.1.255

What's happening is that when you have the dhcp line there, it is sending packets trying to connect to a DHCP server. Since you don't have the network card connected, that fails.

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