Subject: Re: VAXstation 3100 M38 network problem....
To: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
From: Brian Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/26/2001 09:17:10
On the VAXstation 3100s there's a little push button switch near the
ethernet controller.  It toggles the use of the AUI port and the 10Base-2
BNC connector.  Perhaps you accidentally bumped this and put the machine
in 10Base-2 mode instead of AUI mode?

-brian.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, David Woyciesjes wrote:

> 	Hello gents. I've subscribed to this list, but hasn't been approved
> yet (but that's a different problem)... So please send replies directly to
> me.
> 	I've loaded the release 1.5 on my VAX, via ftp. I have a CentreCOM
> 210TS media converter(transceiver) on my VAX's AUI port. Now, since I had to
> power it down to move it, I get this message at start up...
> "...
> Configuring network interfaces: le0ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not
> configured
> ..." and 'ifconfig -a' reports the media as "Ethernet manual"
>
> I'm missing something, but I don't know what....