kucharsk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (William Kucharski) (12/16/88)
Well, I didn't get any responses, so I thought I'd try again... We are having problems bringing up our A/UX machines on Ethernet. We often get the following sequence of messages, which brings the Ethernet card down: ae0: overflow NIC reset failed ae6_intr: receive overflow warning Has anyone else had this problem, or did you all just pop your machines onto Ethernet and have them work? Details: ======== System kernel remade in the "nfs" incarnation, following the steps outlined in the "READ THIS FIRST" A/UX Installation guide. After bringing up the card (ifconfig ae0 up), the following commands work: ruptime rwho ftp, when given a full Internet address (i.e. 192.2....) telnet, when given a full Internet address The card will be forced down by anything that does a gethostbyname() call, such as ftp (with a hostname) telnet (with a hostname) rlogin ping The card also forces itself down asynchronously from time to time. A Sun up the line from the Mac II has no problems whatsoever, nor does the Mac II when using EtherTalk from Mac OS. || ||==ETHERNET=======||========SUN || || MAC II This all makes me think I've missed a configuration step somewhere, but unless it's something hidden or a typo in the manual, I have no clues... Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!! -- William Kucharski ARPA: kucharsk@uts.amdahl.com UUCP: ...!{ames,decwrl,sun,uunet}!amdahl!kucharsk Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are my own, and may not agree with those of any other sentient being, not to mention those of my employer. So there.