Conference mvblab::alphaserver_4100

442.0. "URGENT!PLEASE HELP" by ZPOVC::SOONHENG () Tue Jan 28 1997 05:58

    I installed a proteon 1990plus Token ring card on a Alphaserver 4100
    running Digital UNIX 3.2g. I have done all the necessary tasks :
    	(a) ECU, rebuild kernel, copy kernel to root, run netsetup to
            configure the IP address an subnet mask.
    
    The 4100 is standalone. It is not connected to any network.
    
    I tried a ping on localhost. It is successful. I tried to ping
    the assigned IP address. It give me an error message that said
    "Network is down".
    
    What I expect is that I should be able to ping to that assigned
    IP address just as if it were an Ethernet connection.
    
    When I tried to ping to any invalid address. It give me the
    same error message.
    
    From here, I suspect that I do not have the required driver.
    Could anyone give me a pointer to get the driver for the
    proteon token ring card 1990plus for Digital UNIX 3.2g ?
    
    I tried proteon home page without success.(www.proteon.com)
    
    I urgently need it for a demo tommorrow. PLEASE HELP.
    

    The Digital model number for proteon 1990 plus token ring card is DW300.

    It seems that you have properly configured TRA0 adapter if that is the
    only interface configured with netsetup, and therefore the UNIX driver
    is up and alive since you can ping yourself. 
    
    Note, that by ping'ing yourself (your own IP address) , you are not really
    going out to the wire. It sounds like you are having a connection/cable
    problem to the MAU. Is there another node connected to the same MAU??
    Can that node see the rest of the network??
    
    /Frank

If the token ring driver is configured proper the way to tell is:

#ifconfig tra0

This should come back with "UP".

The fact that there is no connection to a network the responce should be "DOWN"
if this is the case then the ping should fail. y

Rich Freiss