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From: aheit@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de (Andreas Heitmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: SUN3/50 Ethernet Problem
Date: 05 Jan 1997 16:25:42 +0100
Organization: Theoretische Physik, Kassel, Germany
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Hi,

I have an old SUN3/50 with NetBSD 1.2 installed and I'm now trying to
set up a local network with a linux box. The machines are connected
with a standard ethernet cable (BNC). 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 checked the
cabling and it seems ok (length is 30m, T-connectors with 50 ohm
terminators at both ends). Am I using the correct interface device?

Thanks in advance,
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