In article , Oro wrote:

: I'm trying to replace our old Phobos 3Com card with a new one I brought.
: But the Indigo system says this card is not unknown. I guess the hardware
: address is different? If the cards are identical except for the hardware
: address, how can I switch them? Do I need to reinstall the software?
: Thanks.

http://ubb.ca/software/fehack/


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler

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Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote in
news:nicoya-4F01CD.18490517122003@news.pp.shawcable.net:

> In article , Oro
> wrote:
>
>: I'm trying to replace our old Phobos 3Com card with a new one I
>: brought. But the Indigo system says this card is not unknown. I guess
>: the hardware address is different? If the cards are identical except
>: for the hardware address, how can I switch them? Do I need to
>: reinstall the software? Thanks.
>
> http://ubb.ca/software/fehack/
>
>
> Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler
>

Thanks for the help Tony. When I run your program, it gives me a "Uh oh,
something bad happened. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS DRIVER!" I looked
through your code and found that the code couldn't find the values it was
searching for. Why is that? My card is a 3Com card, but when I boot, it
says Phobos. The Indigo 1 still doesn't recognize the card. Any further
help would be greatly appreciated.

In article , Oro wrote:

: Thanks for the help Tony. When I run your program, it gives me a "Uh oh,
: something bad happened. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS DRIVER!" I looked
: through your code and found that the code couldn't find the values it was
: searching for. Why is that? My card is a 3Com card, but when I boot, it
: says Phobos. The Indigo 1 still doesn't recognize the card. Any further
: help would be greatly appreciated.

Indigo 1? Where did you find an EISA slot in an Indigo 1?


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler

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Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote in
news:nicoya-8EF63F.22294219122003@news.wp.shawcable.net:

> In article , Oro
> wrote:
>
>: Thanks for the help Tony. When I run your program, it gives me a "Uh
>: oh, something bad happened. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS DRIVER!" I
>: looked through your code and found that the code couldn't find the
>: values it was searching for. Why is that? My card is a 3Com card, but
>: when I boot, it says Phobos. The Indigo 1 still doesn't recognize the
>: card. Any further help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Indigo 1? Where did you find an EISA slot in an Indigo 1?
>
>
> Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler
>

Sorry. It is an Indigo 2. The '2' is very small on the front panel of the
machine. But do you know what the problem could be with the ethernet card
being unknown and your program giving me that answer. Thanks.

In article , Oro wrote:
[ ... ]
>Sorry. It is an Indigo 2. The '2' is very small on the front panel of the
>machine. But do you know what the problem could be with the ethernet card
>being unknown and your program giving me that answer. Thanks.

Precisely what model and revision 3Com card have you installed?


Gary

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gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston) wrote in
news:vufhqkf3j7arf5@corp.supernews.com:

> In article , Oro
> wrote:
> [ ... ]
>>Sorry. It is an Indigo 2. The '2' is very small on the front panel of
>>the machine. But do you know what the problem could be with the
>>ethernet card being unknown and your program giving me that answer.
>>Thanks.
>
> Precisely what model and revision 3Com card have you installed?
>
>
> Gary
>

Hi. It's an Indigo 2 running Irix 6.2. The ethernet card is a 3Com Fast
Etherlink EISA 3C597-TX 003 Rev. C. It may be a Phobos card, but I am not
sure because the card does not come with any box, software, or
documentation. Our old card was a Phobos card. How do I get the OS to
recognize the new card? The card is functioning, but SGI keeps saying it's
unknown.

In article , Oro wrote:
>gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston) wrote in
>news:vufhqkf3j7arf5@corp.supernews.com:
[ ... ]

>> Precisely what model and revision 3Com card have you installed?

>Hi. It's an Indigo 2 running Irix 6.2. The ethernet card is a 3Com Fast
>Etherlink EISA 3C597-TX 003 Rev. C. It may be a Phobos card, but I am not
>sure because the card does not come with any box, software, or
>documentation. Our old card was a Phobos card. How do I get the OS to
>recognize the new card? The card is functioning, but SGI keeps saying it's
>unknown.

The Phobos cards are/were rebadged 3Com cards, but I believe they had
a minor alteration in the firmware (or some way that the cards can
be differentiated from 3Coms' regular product). I have a 3Com running
in an Indigo2 under IRIX 6.5, but it required the addition of a patch
to the Phobos driver. I don't know if that patch has ever been tested
with 6.2, though.

I can't find a link to the patch right now; I'll search around and see
if I can figure out where it came from and post the link.


Gary

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it says 'Chicken by the Sea'." Jessica Simpson, on MTV _Newlyweds_

Am 25.12.03, 02:57:03, schrieb gheston@hiwaay.net:

> In article , Oro
wrote:
> >gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston) wrote in
> >news:vufhqkf3j7arf5@corp.supernews.com:
> [ ... ]

> >> Precisely what model and revision 3Com card have you installed?

> >Hi. It's an Indigo 2 running Irix 6.2. The ethernet card is a 3Com Fast
> >Etherlink EISA 3C597-TX 003 Rev. C. It may be a Phobos card, but I am
not
> >sure because the card does not come with any box, software, or
> >documentation. Our old card was a Phobos card. How do I get the OS to
> >recognize the new card? The card is functioning, but SGI keeps saying
it's
> >unknown.

> The Phobos cards are/were rebadged 3Com cards, but I believe they had
> a minor alteration in the firmware (or some way that the cards can
> be differentiated from 3Coms' regular product). I have a 3Com running
> in an Indigo2 under IRIX 6.5, but it required the addition of a patch
> to the Phobos driver. I don't know if that patch has ever been tested
> with 6.2, though.

> I can't find a link to the patch right now; I'll search around and see
> if I can figure out where it came from and post the link.

probably from here:

http://futuretech.mirror.vuurwerk.net/fastether.html

Rainer


> Gary

> --
> Gary Heston gheston@hiwaay.net

> "Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but
> it says 'Chicken by the Sea'." Jessica Simpson, on MTV _Newlyweds_

In article ,
gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston) wrote:

: I don't know if that patch has ever been tested
: with 6.2, though.

I don't run 6.2, I probably never will run 6.2, and my Indigo2's powersupply is
dead for a second time.

So no, don't expect 6.2 to be supported. (nor 5.3, for that matter)


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler

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Oro wrote:

> I'm trying to replace our old Phobos 3Com card with a new one I brought.
> But the Indigo system says this card is not unknown. I guess the hardware
> address is different? If the cards are identical except for the hardware
> address, how can I switch them? Do I need to reinstall the software?
> Thanks.

On Indigo2 Ethernet cards are either Phobos (GIO) or 3COM (EISA).
There´s no such thing as a Phobos 3COM card - different vendors.
3COM cards are said to work with patched Phobos drivers AFAIK.

Phobos drivers for Indigo and Indigo2 cards are still available,
but - of course - without the 3COM patch.

Walther