Hi,
I'm trying to install a DE500 10/100 MBit card in an alphastation
600. It show up at the console. If I set it to 'autosense'
(set ewb0_mode auto) I get about 4-5 messages stating that
100BaseT full duplex was negotiated (first one is produced at the
console, the rest during boot).
When the OS is booting, I get:
tu1: console mode: selecting UTP (100BaseT) port: no link
and I can't use the network. If I force the card to do 10Mbit
half-duplex (set ewb0_mode twisted) the message *does not change*.
It still shows 100MBit, and the '100' light is on. If I set the
card to 10Mbit using ifconfig, the light goes off but I still
don't have a connection.
Everything else is verified (cables, etc.) and they are fine.
My feeling is that either I have a bad card or I didn't install it
properly. I tried the card in two PCI slots, 9 and 12. I couldn't
find any info about which slots are supported.
For the record: The host is an AlphaStation 600 5/333, Digital
Unix 4.0, correct firmware. The other side is a Cisco Catalyst
5000 with a 12 port 10/100 switch card. I also have an alphastation
500 and an alphaserver 1000A connected to this switch at 100BaseT
half-duplex (full duplex resulted in poor performance -- about
1MBit/s --, after switching to half-duplex, I get about 80Mbit/s
with ftp). They work fine (with DE500 cards). The non-working
card says A09-DE500A on it, and has a '-01 A01' label on it. It also
has lots of cryptic numbers all over the circuit board.
Any suggestions before I send the card back?
Thanks,
Gyula
Received on Fri Jul 25 1997 - 19:03:36 NZST