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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!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: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 02:29:41 GMT Organization: Hermes Internet Service, Inc., Washington, DC Lines: 17 Message-ID: <32d2631d.252657191@news.the-hermes.net> References: <pd93ewgb0uh.fsf@planck.physik.uni-kassel.de> <x7dn2uodlrg.fsf@the-light-fantastic.MIT.EDU> 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:43051 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5144 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.