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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 01:41:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@leland.Stanford.EDU>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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Subject: Re: Network Connection Not Working
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On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 11:26:02PM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote:

> > Sep 29 20:03:49 andrsn /kernel: 1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x300
> > Sep 29 20:03:49 andrsn /kernel: ep0 at 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa
> > Sep 29 20:03:49 andrsn /kernel: ep0: aui/utp/bnc[*BNC*] address 00:20:af:be:eb:e0
> 
> > So here is some output-- my current guess is that wire that goes
> > from the Ethernet card connector (10-Base-2)
> 
> 10-Base 2?  Your boot message says BNC.  How do you configure the
> interface?  Do you set the link flags specifically?  I don't see

Well, Nemeth et.al. describes 10BASE2 as "...coaxial cable with BNC
connectors...."  Maybe that's not the same "BNC." I just know it's 
not an RJ-45.  

I don't do anything except what's in rc.conf:

ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"   # default loopback device configuration.
ifconfig_ep0="inet 36.33.0.163 netmask 255.255.0.0"
ifconfig_ppp0="inet 36.33.0.157 netmask 255.255.255.255"

> anything in the ifconfig output above.  Check the link flags:

I'm not sure what you mean here--checking the link flags.  Apparently
I'm using the default.
> 
> 
>      -link0                Use the BNC port (default).
> 
>       link0 -link1         Use the AUI port.
> 
>       link0  link1         Use the UTP port.
> 
> This would suggest that you should be showing LINK0 and LINK1 in the
> output above.
> 
> > is broken--does this look consistent with that?  And if so, do I
> > just cut it and reattach it?
> 
> It's consistent, but it doesn't have to be the right answer.  Your
> board could have got itself confused--I've seen this happen with the
> 3C509, and occasionally I have been able to fix it with the following
> sequence:
> 
>   # ifconfig ep0 down
>   # ifconfig ep0 up
> 
> This won't cost you much, and you can do it from where you are
> (assuming you haven't gone to bed yet).

I tried it--it didn't change anything.  Thanks for the quick 
response.  I think I will take my wire cutters to work tomorrow :)
 
> Greg

	Annelise