[comp.unix.ultrix] Second Ethernet on 5400

bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Bob Debula) (08/10/90)

We just got two DEC 5400s last week and they have a second Ethernet
board installed.  However, when we boot, the second Ethernet (qe0)
gives the console message (which also appears in syserr) when the

syserr.right:qe0: DEC DELQA Ethernet Interface DEQNA-lock Mode, hardware
address
 08:00:2b:17:37:8c

We cannot get the second Ethernet connection between the two machines
(the short segment of thinwire between the two machines is for
the purpose of dedicated NFS traffic between the two only) to function 
reliably.  We have already replaced the thinwire, tees, terminators,
and have had the DEC service technician swap the second Ethernet
board in each machine to no avail.  It looks like there must
be a config problem of some sort.  We are running Ultrix 4.0.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar or know what
the "DELQA: lock mode" message means.  Thanks for any help
you may be able to provide.

Oh, by the way, NFS runs fine over the primary Ethernet adapter.

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