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From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: ethernet card incompatibilities?
In-Reply-To: <199706031039.DAA06008@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Jun 3, 97 03:39:38 am"
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David Greenman wrote:
> >I've got a network with bothe an old 8 bit smc 8003 card
> >on it and a Digital DC21041 on it.
> 
>    If it's an 8003, then it's a Western Digital, not an SMC, right?
> 
> >When I have data transfers going on from the DEC card to the SMC card,
> >I am seeing input errors on the SMC card. Is this a known incompatibility?
> >The erros are not all equal. I'm seeing :  81, 86, a1, 21 and 1 
> >(see if_edreg.h at 'Receiver Status Register (RSR) definitions'
> >for an explanation of these errors).
> 
>    Hmmm. This sounds like a cabling problem like a crushed ethernet coax
> cable or something - especially since you're seeing CRC and frame alignment
> errors.
> 

After rethinking my reasoning (i.e. relaizing it was bogus
reasoning) I replaced one of the coax cables and the problem was solved...

Thanks!

-Guido