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Title:EtherWORKS Notes Conference
Notice:WWW server at http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/adapters/
Moderator:NETCAD::STEFANI
Created:Wed Sep 01 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1318
Total number of notes:5673

1256.0. "DE500-XA 6.2-1h3 line speed not being held" by KERNEL::FREKES (Like a thief in the night) Thu Jan 30 1997 03:57

    Folks
    
    I have a problem with the DE500-XA. Customer is using it in his AXP
    running OpenVMS V6.2-1h3. At the >>> he gets link LED lit, but when
    DECNET attempts to start, it sees the card set at 100M/bits. Even
    though from the console it is set at Twisted Pair. 
    
    I have had a look in LANCP and this intially reported the line speed
    set at 100, and so did SDA. We set it to 10, and SDA reported the
    change. Attempted a restart of DECNET but it just came back and said
    the line speed was set to 100. 
    
    His sys$ewdriver is dated 26-apr-1996. Console firmware version is 3.8.
    
    Could this be a problem with the device driver?
    
    Steven Freke 
    UK CSC
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1256.1ALPBOOT05_062.A;1KERNEL::FREKESLike a thief in the nightThu Jan 30 1997 05:207
    Folks
    
    I have found that ALPBOOT05_062.A;1, is supposed to fix some of the
    speed selection problem, and enable you to do this from LANCP. The
    customer has agreed to install this.
    
    Steven	
1256.2EVMS::JSTICKNEYJay Stickney, OpenVMS LAN Eng., 381-2020, ZK3-4/T12Thu Jan 30 1997 09:408
    Steven,
    
    There's a ALPLAN04_O62 kit coming out soon.  This kit will cause all
    EW devices to look at the console environment variable (EWx0_MODE) 
    and set the link accordingly.  The speed and mode selection problems
    are fixed as well when set with LANCP.  
    
    Jay.