[Info-vax] DE500 and hardware version

[Paul Sture]

In article <kc554k$i93$1 at news.albasani.net>,
 Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:

> >
> > On an Alpha DS10, this reports:
> >
> > $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$getdvi("EWA0","ADAPTER_IDENT")
> > DE504-BA (quad Fast Ethernet)
> >
> > ..and on an Integrity rx2600 it reports:
> >
> > $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$getdvi("EWA0","ADAPTER_IDENT")
> > BCM5701 LOM (Gigabit Ethernet)
> >
> > $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$getdvi("EIA0","ADAPTER_IDENT")
> > Intel 82557 LOM (Fast Ethernet)
> >
> 
> Sorry, I should have mentioned that the "BCM5703" output
> is from my Alpha DS25. With "adapter_ident" it says :
> 
> $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$getdvi("EWA0","ADAPTER_IDENT")
> BCM5703 LOM (Gigabit Ethernet)
> 
> Didn't knew I had Gigabit-Ether, but I only have 100 Mb
> network equipment anyway... :-)

I was looking to upgrade my home network to Gigabit ethernet just over a 
year ago and was surprised how much kit in the marketplace was still 
10/100.  Basically unless Gigabit or 1000 was somewhere in the product 
name or prominent in the description, 10/100 was what you would be 
getting.

-- 
Paul Sture