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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!sn.no!nntp.uio.no!in1.nntp.cais.net!pegasus.hermesnet.net!news From: death@the-hermes.net (the Mad Monk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: SUN3/50 Ethernet Problem Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 03:22:01 GMT Organization: Hermes Internet Service, Inc., Washington, DC Lines: 32 Message-ID: <32d612ae.50144214@news.the-hermes.net> References: <pd93ewgb0uh.fsf@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de> <pd9afqlevun.fsf@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: death.hermesnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/32.339 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.sun.hardware:42944 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5102 just wait until the next poor bastard does a search on Deja News and finds his answer before posting... then it will all be worth it! :) _A aheit@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de (Andreas Heitmann) wrote: >>>>>> "I" == Andreas Heitmann <aheit@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de> writes: >In article <pd93ewgb0uh.fsf@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de> aheit@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de (Andreas Heitmann) writes: > > I> Hi, I have an old SUN3/50 with NetBSD 1.2 installed and I'm now > I> trying to set up a local network with a linux box. The machines > I> are connected with a standard ethernet cable (BNC). I'm using > I> the BNC connector at the SUN, not the AUI port. When trying to > I> configure the interface le0 on the SUN, NetBSD says that the > I> carrier is lost. I checked the cabling and it seems ok (length > I> is 30m, T-connectors with 50 ohm terminators at both ends). Am > I> I using the correct interface device? > >Thanks to all who answered the question. The solution is to switch the >eight DIP switches on the motherboard near the ethernet chipset from >OFF to ON. It works great now. BTW, this is also in the FAQ, I'm sorry >for wasting bandwidth. > >Best Regards, >-- >Andreas Heitmann Phone: +49-561-804-4571 >Universit"at Gesamthochschule Kassel Fax: +49-5624-709 >Arbeitsgruppe Theoretische Physik >Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40 EMail: aheit@physik.uni-kassel.de >34132 Kassel Finger/Talk: aheit@slater.physik.uni-kassel.de >Germany http://www.physik.uni-kassel.de/physik/theorie/aheit/index.html