THanks for all the quick responses!! There were way too many to list
individually. Most everyone said hme0 & most of you told me to run ifconfig
-a, which is what I did first!! I also checked dmesg as was recommended prior
to sending off my plea & nothing showed up there. After I sent my plea to this
group I carefully went thru /var/adm/messages & saw hme0 & wondered if that was
the correct name (but by then I'd already stayed way too late & I went home!)
However, creating the file /etc/hostname.hme0 did not work!!! (ok it partially
worked as the hub now displayed a green lite for this workstation). I received
2 responses that were not just ifconfig -a, nor hme0. They were from:
Rick Fincher <rnf@spitfire.tbird.com>, who suggested I change the tpe-link-test
in the prom. I did & that didn't work (I've included his detailed response as
this may help someone in the future).
Then Anthony Worrall <Anthony.Worrall@reading.ac.uk> from the UK suggested I
run sys-unconfig & then make sure it's configured as a networked machine. I
finally did this & viola!! I'm connected!! So Anthony had the correct
answer!!!!!
His msg follows, then Ricks & finally my original question:
On Oct 2, 9:50am, Anthony Worrall wrote:
> Subject: Re: Ultra II & reaching the network!!
> Hi
>
> The command /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a will tell you about all the network
> interfaces.
>
>
> But why do you need to know what what the network device is?
>
> Assuming the machine was configured as being on the network you just
> need to modify the /etc/nsswitch.conf files to add NIS and DNS.
>
> If the machine was configured without the network the the best thing to do
> is run sys-unconfig, reboot the machine and configure it as networked.
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Anthony Worrall
> The University of Reading,
> Department of Computer Science,
> Whiteknights, PO Box 225
> Reading,
> Berkshire, UK
> RG6 6AY
> Tel: +44 (0)1734 318610
> Fax: +44 (0)1734 751994
> Email: Anthony.Worrall@Reading.ac.uk
>
>
On Oct 1, 10:06pm, Rick Fincher wrote:
> Subject: Re: Ultra II & reaching the network!!
>
> > BUT I'm stumped about what the 10BaseT port is called?? on my sparcs (and
the
> > other sunmachines I've worked on) it was called le0. but there is NO
le0???
> > I know it's called something else -- I just don't have the manuals --
HELP!!
> >
> > I know I need to run ifconfig.... I just need to know what that 10BaseT
port
> is
> > called on an Ultra II. I've searched thru the /var/adm/messages but I
can't
> > see anything that looks like the le0 on my sparc 10.
>
>
> Hi Erin,
>
> The system should auto-select the twisted pair interface if a cable is
connected
> and call it le0. The problem is that it uses link pulses from the hub to
> determine if the Twisted Pair Ethernet (TPE) is active.
>
> Some older hubs don't generate link pulses and some are configured to turn
them
> off. Without the pulses the Sun sees a link failure on the TPE port.
>
> The good news is that you can force TPE to be recognized by turning off the
link
> pulse test and setting TPE as the default port.
>
> To turn off link pulse testing go into the prom prompt, by hitting L1-A or
> whatever.
>
> At the prompt:
>
> <#0> ok
>
> type:
>
> setenv tpe-link-test? false
>
> You should see a response:
>
> tpe-link-test? = false
>
> Then you can force TPE to be default by going into the
/kernel/drv/options.conf
> file and adding the following line to the end:
>
> cable-selection="tpe";
>
> Be sure to include the last semicolon or it won't work.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>
> Rick
>-- End of excerpt from Rick Fincher
Original question:
> > Ok I have to admit I mostly administer SGI machines & I have 3 Sparcs that
I
> > just make sure are chugging along. Then after 2 years of this I get a
brand
> > new Ultra II to try out!!
> >
> > Ok I want to use DNS & no NIS. No big deal I've done this on my sparcs.
> >
> > BUT I'm stumped about what the 10BaseT port is called?? on my sparcs (and
the
> > other sunmachines I've worked on) it was called le0. but there is NO
le0???
> > I know it's called something else -- I just don't have the manuals --
HELP!!
> >
> > I know I need to run ifconfig.... I just need to know what that 10BaseT
port is
> > called on an Ultra II. I've searched thru the /var/adm/messages but I
can't
> > see anything that looks like the le0 on my sparc 10.
> >
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > erin
> >
> > --
> > erin o'neill ------- erin@factory.net
> > Systems Administrator ------- voice:(415) 312-7885
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> >
>-- End of excerpt from Anthony Worrall
--
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