der Mouse skrev:
>>>> [...trouble with PWS600au onboard tlp0]
>>> I have the same problem with my PWS 500au.  [...]
>> This is a common problem.  You can work around it by setting a fixed
>> mode and speed on the SRM console.  I don't have my Alphas here at
>> the moment, but IIRC, it is "set ewa0_mode [whatever]".
> 
> Doesn't seem to work for me.
> 
> ewa0_mode was already set to Twisted-Pair.  Given what I was connecting
> it to (a 10/half-only hub), that's the only mode that would work.  The
> values listed by "set ewa0_mode fnord" are:
> 	Twisted-Pair
> 	Full Duplex, Twisted-Pair
> 	AUI
> 	BNC
> 	Fast
> 	FastFD (Full Duplex)
> 	Auto-Negotiate
> 
> I tried Auto-Negotiate and I tried setting it back to Twisted-Pair.
> Didn't make any functional difference as far as I could tell.
> 
> Tomorrow I hope to get a PCI ethernet dug out and put in it...if I can
> find one that doesn't give SRM fits.  (I tried a fiber card I had
> handy, but I got PCI-related machine checks before even starting to
> boot.  Admittedly, the card could be broken for all I know - I have
> two, and put the other in a nearby machine, but didn't try swapping
> them to see if one was busted.  It's totally possible I have other
> network cards that won't upset SRM....)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't the network communication when in 
the SRM that was problematic, but in NetBSD. Which implies that it's 
there you need to seek further answers... Check you ifconfig command...

	Johnny

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