Re: Networkcard problems SS5

Martin Herren <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.sparc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:08:25 +0200
Dick Steegman <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have installed Suse on my Sparcstation 5 and almost everything works
> fine accept for the network interface.
>  
> It's a 10BaseT which is connected to a noname 10/100Mbits switch. Only
> the link led is burning on the switch but I cannot get the Ethernet
> interface to work.
> I have tried via DHCP or static IP. The link parameter for the
> networkcard in Openboot is True. Test net in openboot is correct but the
> card does not receive anything when I test with the command ' watch-net
> '. Can anybody tell me if the 10BaseT networkinterface works on
> 10/100Mbits switches? Any other tips are also very welcome.

i used my Sparcstation 5 on a cheap 10/100Mbit TrendNet Switch without problems.
i always used static IP and used SuSE 7.3 and then with Debian Woody.

Martin

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