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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

1119.0. "DB900MX to thinwire channel on PORT 3 ONLY??" by LIE495::CITRON (Marty - NY PSC Network Consultant) Wed Jun 15 1994 11:12

    Just had a customer call with some confusing limitations and a Hubwatch
     bug while he was tinkering with the DB900MX.
    
    Can anyone confirm this..
    
    1. Only port 3 of DB900 can connect to the thinwire channel. This
    does not seem to be explicitly discussed in the HUBwatch Doc. but
    was found by following an example while trying to troubleshoot
    the inability to connect to thinwire channel from port 1.
    
    2. Double clicking on the DB900 Icon in the LAN interconnect
    window appears to cause HWatch 3.0 to generate an Access Violation
    and Crash. (VMS 5.5-2) Is this a specific problem with our settup or
    will HW3.0 crash upon double click on anyones machine?
    (guess my enduser is in the MSwin habit of double clicks;^)
    
    
    (2. is FYI but I would like to confirm 1.)
    
    Regards,
    Marty
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1119.1NACAD::HAROKOPUSWed Jun 15 1994 12:1615
    
    1. You are correct.  Port 3 on the bridge is the only one that can connect
    to the Thinwire.  HUBwatch uses color coding to indicate which LAN
    types that connectors are allowed to connect to.  Blue is Thinwire,
    Green is ethernet IMB, Red/Violet is FDDI and Yellow means that the
    connector can connect to different LAN types.
    
    Port 3 on the bridge will appear yellow until it is connected to 
    either the Thinwire or an IMB.
    
    2. We will look into this crash.
    
    Regards,
    
    Bob
1119.2No thinwire on DECswitch900EE?NYOSS1::PLUNKETTTue Jan 17 1995 15:475
    Does the LAN interconnecting restriction in the previous notes apply to the
    DECswitch900EE also?  Only one particular port can be connected to
    the thinwire segment?
    
    -Craig
1119.3SLINK::HOODI'd rather be at the PenobscotTue Jan 17 1995 16:342
Yes, except subtract one from the port number first (because the FDDI port
is gone.  So, it's port 2 only.