[rescue] SunFastEthernet questions

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue Sep 2 14:43:30 CDT 2003


On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, at 03:39 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Sunsolve documents the 501-2929 SunFastEthernet 2.0/2.1 as supported in
> Sun4/15, Sun4/30, Sparcstation 5/10/20, and Ultra1/1e/2.  Does anyone
> know any reason why this would not work in an LX?

   I believe that it should work.  Generally speaking, sbus is 
sbus...most of the times that Sun says "xxx isn't supported", they mean 
"we didn't sell xxx".

> What use can I make of the MII interface?

   You can connect an external transceiver to it.  It's next to useless, 
in other words.

       -Dave

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