My question was:
> Hello all,
> we are about to install a cisco catalyst 1900
> switch, this has room for a couple of 100baseT ports. Our
> AS 2100 (4/200) running du3.2b currently has the 10baseT
> tulip card. We have also obtained a de500 10/100 pci card
> to upgrad the alpha. The documentation for the de500 refers
> only to msdos.
>
> Does 3.2b "support" fast ethernet?
> What firmware do I need to be at?(does it matter)
> What about the old card? We do not want both cards running.
>
> I have never performed this upgrade before, I had hoped to
> 1. Take the system down, and install the card
> 2. reboot and check from the poo prompt that the card is there
> 3. boot
> 4. reconfigure the old network interface from UNIX(ifconfig etc,
> although the setup command seems to do this well
> 5. configure the new network interface from UNIX(ifconfig etc,
> although the setup command seems to do this well
>
> Any thoughts ?
Fast Ethernet is NOT supported on du 3.2b, I'll need to ugrade
to 3.2G at least(according to the documentation any way)
I got most of what I needed by RTFM and looking at past posts,
I inadvertently deleted the first response I got which pointed me
at the correct documentation to read, thanks whoever you are,
and sorry I can't cite you.
Thanks also to;
rlm_at_syseca-us.com
eisenman_at_tricity.wsu.edu
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>From rlm_at_syseca-us.com Mon Dec 16 14:41:58 1996
> Does 3.2b "support" fast ethernet?
Insofar as I know, yes, though I'm surprised you're running something as
old as a 2100 4/200. We use 3.2D-2 without surprises.a
> What firmware do I need to be at?(does it matter)
Enough to support your O/S.
> What about the old card? We do not want both cards running.
You can make the 100BaseTX card your default; the on-board card remains
as an appendix. We do this by editing /etc/rc.config so that tu1 is the
primary and tu0 is never configured... here's the snippet:
DISPLAYTYPE=
HOSTNAME="cta1"
NUM_NETCONFIG="2"
MAX_NETDEVS="24"
NETDEV_0="tu1"
NETDEV_1="tu2"
NETDEV_2=
NETDEV_3=
NETDEV_4=
NETDEV_5=
NETDEV_6=
NETDEV_7=
IFCONFIG_0="172.16.167.1 netmask 255.255.0.0"
IFCONFIG_1="172.17.167.1 netmask 255.255.0.0"
IFCONFIG_2=
IFCONFIG_3=
IFCONFIG_4=
IFCONFIG_5=
IFCONFIG_6=
IFCONFIG_7=
> I have never performed this upgrade before, I had hoped to
> 1. Take the system down, and install the card
> 2. reboot and check from the poo prompt that the card is there
> 3. boot
> 4. reconfigure the old network interface from UNIX(ifconfig etc,
> although the setup command seems to do this well
> 5. configure the new network interface from UNIX(ifconfig etc,
> although the setup command seems to do this well
Basically right, though because of the constraint that you don't want
the 10BaseT operating, you'll have to manually mangle /etc/rc.config
yourself as shown above. For you, NUM_NETCONFIG will be "1", and you
can set the IFCONFIG_0 to whatever value is appropriate on your local
network.
--
Robert L. McMillin | Do you *really* think Syseca pays me for these opinions?
rlm_at_syseca-us.com | personal: rlm_at_netcom.com | rlm_at_helen.surfcty.com
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>From eisenman_at_tricity.wsu.edu Mon Dec 16 14:01:57 1996
We recently went from Ethernet to Fast Ethernet on an Alpha 1000 running
3.2C. We used a Digital card to replace the original. Swapped the card,
the ROM found the device, set the port for 100 full, booted up, and off
we went. Nothing to it. Probably not much more to a non-Digital card.
On
Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Brian James O'Connor wrote:
> Hello all,
> we are about to install a cisco catalyst 1900
> switch, this has room for a couple of 100baseT ports. Our
> AS 2100 (4/200) running du3.2b currently has the 10baseT
> tulip card. We have also obtained a de500 10/100 pci card
> to upgrad the alpha. The documentation for the de500 refers
> only to msdos.
>
> Does 3.2b "support" fast ethernet?
> What firmware do I need to be at?(does it matter)
> What about the old card? We do not want both cards running.
>
> I have never performed this upgrade before, I had hoped to
> 1. Take the system down, and install the card
> 2. reboot and check from the poo prompt that the card is there
> 3. boot
> 4. reconfigure the old network interface from UNIX(ifconfig etc,
> although the setup command seems to do this well
> 5. configure the new network interface from UNIX(ifconfig etc,
> although the setup command seems to do this well
>
> Any thoughts ?
> boc
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Brian O'Connor, Unix Systems Consultant
> Latrobe University,Bendigo
> boc_at_ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
Richard Eisenman 100 Sprout Road
UNIX/Network Administrator Richland WA
Washington State University Tri-Cities 99352
eisenman_at_tricity.wsu.edu (509) 372-7381
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Brian O'Connor, Unix Systems Consultant
Latrobe University,Bendigo
boc_at_ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
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Received on Mon Dec 16 1996 - 09:21:05 NZDT