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From: blckshaw@clark.net (Robert Blackshaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: SUN3/50 Ethernet Problem
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 14:12:02 GMT
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death@the-hermes.net (the Mad Monk) wrote:
>ghudson@mit.edu (Greg Hudson) wrote:
>>> I'm using the BNC connector at the SUN, not the AUI port. When
>>> trying to configure the interface le0 on the SUN, NetBSD says that
>>> the carrier is lost.
>>
>>I'm not all that familiar with Sun 3/50s, but I believe that le0 on
>>Suns typically refers to the AUI/UTP interface.
>I'm running his exact configuration cabled to a Sun386i with an AUI
>tranceiver. I read le0 from the BNC cable and it runs just fine.
>Sounds like the other person who suggested dip switches might be
>right. You can also test it somewhat with the boot PROM tests.
>_A
>>
>>You can run "ifconfig -a" to get a list of all the interfaces
>>available.
Can't answer for the 3/50 but my 3/60 has a jumper on the motherboard
that sets AUI or ThinNet
Bob
"Since when was genius found respectable?"
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