Error: Down

(Error code 380861)

Possible sources

This error originated from one of the following locations within the iPXE source code:

net/netdevice.c (line 237)

General advice

Try using the latest version of iPXE. Your problem may have already been fixed.
Try building iPXE with the debug option DEBUG=netdevice
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Additional notes

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This error indicates that the network link is down. The network driver does not provide any further details.

It is normal for some network cards to take a few seconds to establish the link. You may therefore see messages such as:

  net0: 52:54:00:12:34:56 using rtl8139 on PCI00:03.0 (Ethernet) [open]
    [Link:down, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]
    [Link status: Down (http://ipxe.org/38086101)]
  Waiting for link-up on net0... ok

These messages are not a cause for concern; this is expected behaviour for these network cards.

However, if you see a message such as

  Waiting for link-up on net0... failed: Down (http://ipxe.org/38086101)

then you should check that the cable is plugged in, and that any link lights are on.