Subject: Re: IIcx ethernet probs
To: Chris Mason <cmason@nando.net>
From: Brad Salai <bsalai@servtech.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/25/1996 12:34:43
This is just broken, some video cards won't work with ethernet. I think it
is an interrupt problem, but I'm not the one to say. THe old apple toby
frame buffer card will work with ethernet, if you can use that, you will be
able to get things going. Other cards may work as well, but I'm not sure
which ones.

This is being worked on (I think) but I haven't heard anything encouraging
for a while.

Brad


>I have been running MacBSD on my IIcx for quite a while.  Just recently
>I recieved an asante MacConI Nubus eternet card (with the DP83902 or whatever,
>that MacBSD supposedly supports).  I installed it "behind" my Rasterops
>24stv video card, which caused the ethernet card to hang MacBSD on boot.
>Putting in "front" of the stv card gets it correctly recognized at boot.
>Everything works fine until I try to configure and use the card.
>ifconfig works and seems to install an address, but once I try to use
>the interface, it locks up.  I can't figger it out.
>
>My network is a simple crossover cable which goes to my trusty PM 7100.
>I've tried telneting in from the PM, with no avail.  Oddly enough, I can
>ping the MacBSD machine from the PM, but not the other way around.
>
>Here's what I've done:  (.2 is the PM)
>
>myname# ifconfig ae0
>ae0: flags=8822<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
>myname# ifconfig ae0 inet 192.0.0.1
>myname# ifconfig ae0
>ae0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
>        inet 192.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.0.0.255
>myname# telnet 192.0.0.1
>Trying 192.0.0.1...
>Connected to 192.0.0.1.
>Escape character is '^]'.
><hang...>
>^]
>telnet> close
>Connection closed.
>myname# ping 192.0.0.1
>PING 192.0.0.1 (192.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
>64 bytes from 192.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=11.053 ms
>64 bytes from 192.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=2.555 ms
>^C
>--- 192.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
>2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
>round-trip min/avg/max = 2.555/6.804/11.053 ms
>myname# ping 192.0.0.2
>PING 192.0.0.2 (192.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
><hang, no tommorrow>
>
>I'm running 1.1 binaries, and I've tried a 1.1 kernel as well as the
>latest NFS_29 kernel on puma.
>
>Yes, the card works under MacOS.
>
>Am I doing something wrong?  Is this the infamous interrupts disease??
>
>Can anyone help me??
>
>-c
>
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