mroz@eplrx7.uucp (Peter Mroz) (10/30/90)
I am trying to network an AIX node.
The system description is:
PS/2 Model 80 (microchannel)
3Com ethernet card
AIX 1.2 for PCs
TCP/IP for AIX 1.2
In setting the system up, the 3Com card is installed with an
option diskette. In loading the AIX or the TCP/IP, I was not
queried for any setup such as specifying a device drivers for
AIX.
Error messages that I see during startup and at issuing ifconfig:
ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface
This hints thats the ethernet interface is not properly configured.
I am missing something somewhere!!
I do have correct entries for the node name in /etc/hosts.
Thanks in advance for any help
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The UUCP Mailerhh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) (10/31/90)
Did you use the devices command to add the card as an AIX ethernet
device?
hh
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mroz@eplrx7.uucp (Peter Mroz) writes: >I am trying to network an AIX node. >The system description is: > PS/2 Model 80 (microchannel) > 3Com ethernet card > AIX 1.2 for PCs > TCP/IP for AIX 1.2 >In setting the system up, the 3Com card is installed with an >option diskette. In loading the AIX or the TCP/IP, I was not >queried for any setup such as specifying a device drivers for >AIX. >Error messages that I see during startup and at issuing ifconfig: >ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface >This hints thats the ethernet interface is not properly configured. >I am missing something somewhere!! >I do have correct entries for the node name in /etc/hosts. >Thanks in advance for any help >-- > Peter Mroz | E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. > eplrx7!mroz@uunet.uu.net | Consultant, Scicon > mrozpa%wmvx@dupont.com | DuPont Building, D4078 > | Wilmington, DE 19898 >-- >The UUCP Mailer Peter, To use a 3com card under AIX 1.2....you must have the operating system extensions. Look in the directory /usr/nifl/3com. The 3com driver must be installed, the readme file in that directory takes you through the installation. Also, you need AT LEAST the 1004 corrective service updates (the latest is 1007). Hope this helps. Richard Mayson rlm@jdyx.atlanta.ga.us
aj4640@dean1.usma.edu (Robertson John MAJ) (11/01/90)
Deja vu all over again... I bet a nickel that he doesn't have the lpp called "PS/2 OS extensions" (or words to that effect). That's the separate $400 deal that has man pages, and other goodies. It also has the 3com driver!! Unfortunately, the TCP/IP documentation tells you nothing on this. Get the right package and your 3com card'll work. Jack