Re: AS200 and DE500

From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net>
[color=blue]
> The built in interface is 10/100, the same as the DE500. Installing a
> DE500 is pointless unless you need a second Ethernet interface or you
> somehow fried the built in interface.[/color]

Maybe on yours. On mine, EWA0 said "DE435", and was 10Mb/s. I did
add a DE205 (10Mb/s, ISA, ERA0) card once, which was mildly
entertaining. That was back when my DSL gizmo was a bridge, and I
wanted to keep the non-IP traffic off it, so a second interface was
useful.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-info
382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818
Saint Paul MN 55105-2547

Steven M. Schweda wrote:[color=blue]
> From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net>
>[color=green]
>> The built in interface is 10/100, the same as the DE500. Installing a
>> DE500 is pointless unless you need a second Ethernet interface or you
>> somehow fried the built in interface.[/color]
>
> Maybe on yours. On mine, EWA0 said "DE435", and was 10Mb/s. I did
> add a DE205 (10Mb/s, ISA, ERA0) card once, which was mildly
> entertaining. That was back when my DSL gizmo was a bridge, and I
> wanted to keep the non-IP traffic off it, so a second interface was
> useful.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-info
> 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818
> Saint Paul MN 55105-2547[/color]

Didn't you ever set it to 100 MB? I did it so many years ago that I've
forgotten exactly how but ISTR it was done from the SRM console.

In article <G5mdnVfhsOkqLZ7UnZ2dnUVZ_tninZ2d@comcast.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:[color=blue]
>Steven M. Schweda wrote:[color=green]
>> From: "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net>
>>[color=darkred]
>>> The built in interface is 10/100, the same as the DE500. Installing a
>>> DE500 is pointless unless you need a second Ethernet interface or you
>>> somehow fried the built in interface.[/color]
>>
>> Maybe on yours. On mine, EWA0 said "DE435", and was 10Mb/s. I did
>> add a DE205 (10Mb/s, ISA, ERA0) card once, which was mildly
>> entertaining. That was back when my DSL gizmo was a bridge, and I
>> wanted to keep the non-IP traffic off it, so a second interface was
>> useful.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-info
>> 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818
>> Saint Paul MN 55105-2547[/color]
>
>Didn't you ever set it to 100 MB? I did it so many years ago that I've
>forgotten exactly how but ISTR it was done from the SRM console.[/color]

This just doesn't sound right. I have a couple of AS200s. The "on-board"
NIC has an RJ45 UTP and a BNC thin-wire connection. AFAIK, thin-wire did
not support speeds over 10Mb/s. Therefore, I'd conclude that there isn't
a way to configure that interface to 100Mb/s.

I put DE600s in the AS200s. An SDA> CLUE CONFIG/ADAPTER shows:

FFFFFFFF.81D1ACA8 30 FFFFFFFF.842FC000 2C PKA: 6 NCR 53C810 SCSI
FFFFFFFF.81D1AD20 38 FFFFFFFF.842FE000 7 SATURN
FFFFFFFF.81D1AF00 58 FFFFFFFF.84502000 14 EWA: 11 DE434/DE435 (Ethernet)
FFFFFFFF.81D1AF78 60 FFFFFFFF.84504000 28 GYA: 12 ZLXp-E (TGA)
FFFFFFFF.81D1AFF0 68 FFFFFFFF.84506000 38 EIA: 13 DE600-AA (Fast Ethernet)


Note that it says Ethernet only and not Fast Ethernet. Some googling has
convinced me the DE435 had the Tulip chipset and that it was 10baseT only.

--
VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM

.... pejorative statements of opinion are entitled to constitutional protection
no matter how extreme, vituperous, or vigorously expressed they may be. (NJSC)

Copr. 2008 Brian Schenkenberger. Publication of _this_ usenet article outside
of usenet _must_ include its contents in its entirety including this copyright
notice, disclaimer and quotations.