[SPARCbook] Re: 802.1x; Memory Upgrades on 3GX

[Ken Hansen]

Sorry,I have no "D" cards to try...

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Powell" <Chris.Powell at zarlink.com>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 7:31 AM
Subject: [SPARCbook] Re: 802.1x; Memory Upgrades on 3GX


> 
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:27:52 -0700 (PDT), Ken Hansen wrote:
> 
> > If the AUI cable/transciever is really a problem, you
> > could always go out and get a low-cost 3Com 3C589C
> > (maybe even a 3C589D) PCMCIA ethernet adapter (for
> > less than $20 in most cases) and ditch the
> > cable/transicever bundle.
> 
> Will the 3c589D cards work under Solaris? The pcelx manual page
> (5.6/5.7) only reports 3c589B and 3c589C. I've a 3c589ET (branded
> 3com/Megahertz) which I can't get to work. It plumbs and comes 'up'
> OK, but reports it's Ethernet address as ff:0:ff:0:ff:0 and the
> 'link' LED doesn't light on the hub. It works OK under Windoze.
> 
> > I have gotten some cards, but have not had occasion to
> > use them yet. Per the FAQ and independent reports they
> > should "just work" with Solaris 2.6.
> 
> If you have a 3c589D, can you try it? Just plug the card in, check
> the kernel finds the card, and then ifconfig pcelxN plumb and check
> the Ethernet address using ifconfig -a. There are plenty 'D's on
> ebay, the 'B' and 'C' variants are somewhat harder to come by.
> 
> 
> Chris.
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