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- From: svfenge@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Steven Fenger)
- Subject: Re: Problems bringing up FDDI. Help!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.034832.14167@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
- Organization: The Great Beyond
- References: <CPETTERB.92Dec8120622@mickey.javelin.sim.es.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 03:48:32 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <CPETTERB.92Dec8120622@mickey.javelin.sim.es.com> cpetterb@javelin.sim.es.com (Cary Petterborg) writes:
- >I have just installed some FDDI/S boards into some IPX's and I'm
- >trying to bring up the systems to use the FDDI instead of the le0
- >interface. I followed the installation procedures as provided.
- >I used the same "name" that the systems had with just le0. When
- >I bring the systems up, both le0 and bf0 are running and appear to
- >be configured the same (ifconfig -a). If I disconnect le0, it gets
- >timeout messages for the NIS server not responding on the system that
- >is the NIS master. If I bring the system up so that le0 is not
- >ifconfig`d or I turn the le0 off, it gets similar messages. For
- >a while the other system seemed to run fine, but nothing outside
- >the local network made it's way in or out. When I looked at the
- >netmask, it was 255.255.0.0 when it should have been 255.255.255.0
- >and when I changed it I got another error message (don't remember
- >now what it was, but it seemed to be about receive packets).
- >
- >Anyway, I am having quite a bit of difficulty, and if there is anyone
- >that has a suggestion, please let me know what it is. I would greatly
- >appreciate it.
-
- THIS PROBLEM WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN WITH SUN'S NORMAL FDDI/S DRIVER
- INSTALLATION!
-
- We found that you can get the FDDI board up if you move the module load
- line in /etc/rc.local from where the Sun installation put it near the
- top of rc.local to right after the netmask ifconfig line (right before
- the default router gets added). Sun does have a bug fix for this
- problem; they tell you to modify /etc/rc.boot so that the host name
- doesn't come from /etc/hostname.fb0. THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.
-
- I wish 4.1.x had the SVR4 rc file method since I'm getting real sick of
- Sun turning out hap-hazard and conflicting device driver module loads.
- --
- Steven Fenger svfenge@afterlife.ncsc.mil
- Bumbles bounce!
-