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- From: mcbryde@navier.math.uh.edu (Jack Mcbryde)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: chgenet not showing Adapter Connector
- Date: 19 Dec 1992 03:58:05 GMT
- Organization: UH Dept of Math
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- In article <1gtqkvINN3em@crcnis1.unl.edu> james@engrs.unl.edu (James Nau) writes:
- >
- >I have someone asking me about setting up his model 350 running
- >AIX 3.2.mumble (could be from 0 to 3 for all I know) and connecting
- >to ethernet. No problem, I've done about 20 or so RS/6000's. Well,
- >when one does 'smit -C chgenet', it lists all the normal options,
- >but NO line for switching from bnc to dix! (Of course, we need dix :)
- >Using the X based smit did the same thing.
- >
- >I only had about 10 minutes to work on it before a meeting, but
- >has it changed how to change dix/bnc? Email preferred, and I'll
- >summarize (I'm like, WWWWAAAAYYYY behind in news!) Perhaps I
- >can blindly do a "chdev -l 'ent0' -a bnc_select='dix'". BUT, why
- >is there no 'line' in smit, and no error message?
-
- As I recall (and I could have the models mixed up) the older desktops and the
- larger machines have an ethernet card which is removable, has both types of
- connections, and is configurable in software. The 220s have dix only and
- you have to use a suitable transceiver. The newer non-220 desktops (340
- and 350) have a different ethernet card. It's integrated in that it
- comes with the machine and part of the card is on the motherboard. However
- it is not software configurable. You have to move a jumper on the card to
- toggle between bnc and dix. And in smit you get to choose N/A rather than
- bnc or dix.
-
- jack
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