Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rusty Carruth wrote:
> > ...
>
> Well... I read "created 3 subnets", "Standard...works perfectly", "third one
> connected via the BNC...cant get it work" and there are 3 connectors... :>
Me too, but *just in case* (besides, once he/she gets 3 ethernet
cards the next question is going to be "so, now that I have 3 cards,
how do I ..." :-)
> [snip]
>
> ...moresnip...
> > 100 hosts then thats at least 300 possible failure points! ..hack slash...
>
> If you have more than 32 hosts on a 10b2 segment, you are violating the specs...
Well, see what I mean? ;-) (I probably knew that number once, but it had long
since disappeared from my parity-prone memory ;-)
> this is a "party line" bus, so too many "nosy neighbors"... 10b5 is
a.k.a AUI, right?
> better if properly installed; but "vampire taps" were too common and a
> disaster...
Yeah, but those lousy/flimsy/rediculous tabs that were supposed to hold the
really nifty super-stiff AUI cables onto the connector were a joke...
Either they worked too well (you could not get them to release) or barely
at all, with most of them tending toward the barely work side.
> > I used 10base2 for a little while ... hack slash...
>
> Termination errors, flaky BNC pins, and kinked/broken braid are the common
> causes.
Or mice eating the wires (well, ok, not too common except at a friend's
installation), or too long a wire...
Anyway, in an attempt to get this back to some semblance of On-Topic :-)
I just noticed that the subject said 3c509-b. I think I've used one with
linux before - may even have one now. And I'm sorry, I don't remember how
to tell it which media to use.
So, I did a search. Here's a few hits:
http://www.tux.org/hypermail/linux-3c509-bug/2001-Feb/0000.html - he cannot get
anything but AUI
This one holds the key:
http://lists.gnac.net/firewalls/mhonarc/firewalls.199602/msg00520.html
Summary: Boot to dos, run the 3c5x9cfg.exe program, set plug/pray off,
set interrupt, io addr, etc, and then choose interface explicitly.
save, exit, reboot.
The above is my understanding of the steps, YMMV.
rc
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