[Info-vax] DE500 and autonegotiation

[Bob Gezelter]

On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 4:39:11 PM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
> I have DE500 cards in an XP1000 and in 2 PWSs.  On the XP1000, it 
> 
> autonegotiates to 100 Mb/s full duplex at startup, but on the PWSs (what 
> 
> I assume is) the same card comes up at 10 Mb/s half duplex.  Is there 
> 
> any way I can get something better on the PWSs, preferably 100 Mb/s full 
> 
> duplex (which I gather is the most I can expect from this card)?  If so, 
> 
> can it be done from VMS or must it be done at console level?

Phillip,

I do not have a PWS handy, but my recollection of the last time I had this type of problem happen on my AlphaStations, the parameter was accessible from the SRM prompts (and setting the settings using LANCP did NOT help).

Check the setting in the console variables (the SRM >> prompt).

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com