Subject: Re: DS3100 PROM troubles.
To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
From: Rob Deker <deker@digex.net>
List: port-pmax
Date: 06/30/1998 04:38:45
On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Paul Mather wrote:

> Your DS3100 is failing at subtest 2, which is the network interface
> (LANCE) test.  I had exactly the same problem with my DS3100 until I
> installed an ethernet loopback terminator, and then all was rosy (until
> my monitor died a couple of months later, that is; it was nice while it
> lasted though;).
> 
> Installing either a thick- or a thin-wire terminator should solve this
> problem.  Also, make sure the "ethernet button" between the two
> connectors is set appropriately to select thin- or thick-wire.  Of
> course, if you *are* currently connected to an ethernet, it may just be
> a matter of pushing the button to select the appropriate connector.
> 
This was indeed the problem. The thin-net connector was loose :)

Thanks

rob

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