[Info-vax] LAVC, AlphaStation255 & Cisco Switch

[Christoph Gartmann]

In article <00AA15B3.B38DFC58 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>In article <i36gqi$bs1$1 at news.belwue.de>, gartmann at nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph Gartmann) writes:
>>In article <4c56c3fc$0$12270$4f793bc4 at news.tdc.fi>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kari_Uusim=E4ki?= <uusimaki at exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org> writes:
>>>Are you using the integrated Ethernet interface on the AlphaStation 255?
>>>It doesn't support 100Mbit/s AFAIK.
>>>Only the DE500 (and DE600) adapters are able to use 100Mbit/s.
>>
>>It is a DE500 and works flawlessly in 100FD with other switches.
>
>In that case, doesn't a DE500 appear as EIAx:?
>
>You might want to check your SRM variables again.

The devices appear as ewa0 and ewb0, both, at the console and under OpenVMS.
Only ewa0 has a cable connected, ewa0 does boot but only to a certain point
in SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM...
The MAC address of ewa0 is configured on the boot node, so I am quite certain
that I have the proper interface ;-)

Regards,
   Christoph Gartmann

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