arneny@sfd.uit.no (Arne Nylund) (08/13/90)
I have installed Interactive Unix Ver. 2.2 and TCP/IP on a IBM PS/2 Model 70. I am trying to configure TCP/ip to use wd8003E/A using the sysadm utility. However, I'm not able to get any response from the ethernet card. The card is configuered with default values (IRQ 3, IO 280-29f, Shared mem d0000-d1fff). When I try ping nothing is happening. I have tested the card using the diagnostic utility (under DOS), and everything worked fine. Does anybody know what may be wrong?? Please respond by e-mail: arneny@sfd.uit.no Arne
rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett) (08/15/90)
In <1990Aug12.201008.8153@hod.uit.no> arneny@sfd.uit.no (Arne Nylund) writes: >I have installed Interactive Unix Ver. 2.2 and TCP/IP on a IBM PS/2 Model 70. >I am trying to configure TCP/ip to use wd8003E/A using the sysadm utility. >However, I'm not able to get any response from the ethernet card. The card >is configuered with default values (IRQ 3, IO 280-29f, Shared mem d0000-d1fff). ^^^^^ could you have a conflict with the second serial port ?? It uses IRQ 3 .. -- Randy Jarrett WA4MEI UUCP ...!{emory,gatech}!wa4mei!rsj | US SNAIL: P.O. Box 941217 PHONE +1 404 493 9017 | Atlanta, GA 30341-0217
tim@comcon.UUCP (Tim Brown) (08/17/90)
In article <772@wa4mei.UUCP>, rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett) writes: > In <1990Aug12.201008.8153@hod.uit.no> arneny@sfd.uit.no (Arne Nylund) writes: > > >I have installed Interactive Unix Ver. 2.2 and TCP/IP on a IBM PS/2 Model 70. > >I am trying to configure TCP/ip to use wd8003E/A using the sysadm utility. > >However, I'm not able to get any response from the ethernet card. The card > >is configuered with default values (IRQ 3, IO 280-29f, Shared mem d0000-d1fff). The wd8003's shared memory is at c4000-c5fff, contrary to ISC's defaults. Change this and it should work fine. -- Tim Brown | Computer Connection | towers!comcon!tim |
dougm@ico.isc.com (Doug McCallum) (08/18/90)
In article <482@comcon.UUCP> tim@comcon.UUCP (Tim Brown) writes: ... >The wd8003's shared memory is at c4000-c5fff, contrary to ISC's >defaults. Change this and it should work fine. The WD8003 can have shared memory at any number of locations. This is entirely under program control on the AT bus but is specified by the feature setup disk on the PS/2. In that case, the driver reads the shared memory range in from the POS registers. Our documentation specifies D0000 to void conflict with VGA controllers which overlap the C4000 address on the AT bus, so is correct as it stands since that is where we put it by default. Changing the address won't fix the problem since the problem is that the driver that shipped with TCP/IP 1.2 and earlier does not support the WD8003E/A properly. WD introduced a number of new members to the 8003 family that were not completely software compatible with the old driver so new driver is required. ISC will be shipping a new release of all the network drivers (in a separate package) sometime in the next month or so. This release will have a WD8003 driver that supports all currently released WD8003* boards. The updated driver is also available through Western Digital's bulletin board. Doug McCallum Interactive Systems Corp. dougm@ico.isc.com The above is not an official statement from Interactive. It just reflects my current understanding of the problem.