Subject: Re: Ethernet transceiver heartbeat (was Re: VAXstation 2000 netboot)
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From: Paul Jimbo Duncan G7KES <Paul.A.Duncan@soc.soton.ac.uk>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/01/2000 10:27:01
"Aaron J. Grier" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 09:14:59PM -0000, Eric Smith wrote:
> 
> > Oh!  Should that be turned on when using the Qbus and Unibus ethernet
> > cards (DEQNA, DELQA, DEUNA, DELUA)?
> 
> Yes.  SQE should only be turned off when a transceiver is hooked to a
> repeater or a multiplexer (like a DELNI).  For hosts it should be left
> _ON_.

Ah. Maybe that's why netbooting of my MicroVAX II didn't work.

Paul
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