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authorbp <bp@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 05:00:48 +0000
committerbp <bp@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 05:00:48 +0000
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Describe situation where manual 'ifconfig xx0 up' required.
Submitted by: Victor Sudakov <sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru>
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.Ar Ethernet_802.3
frame type.
.Pp
-Please note that it is impossible to configure IPX protocol on the 'raw'
+Please note that it is impossible to configure IPX protocol on the parent
.Ar ed0
device after
.Ar if_ef.ko
driver loaded.
+.Pp
+If parent interface do not configured for any other protocol (IP for example),
+subinterfaces will not function. To avoid that, parent interface should be
+manually marked as 'up':
+.Dl # ifconfig ed0 up
.Sh EXAMPLES
The
.Nm
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ file:
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
None.
.Sh CAVEATS
-Avoid to configuring 'raw' ethernet device for IPX protocol after
+Avoid to configuring parent ethernet device for IPX protocol after
.Nm
driver is loaded.
.Sh SEE ALSO
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