Subject: Re: Ethernet transceiver heartbeat (was Re: VAXstation 2000 netboot)
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/02/2000 01:27:13
>> 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_.

What *is* this SQE, heartbeat, whatever it's properly called?  In
particular, what does it have to do with connecting to a real host vs
connecting to the station port of a multiport device?

					der Mouse

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