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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

1913.0. "Decndp,Hubwatch,GIGASWITCH and XIRCOM" by GIDDAY::KULHALLI () Thu Jan 19 1995 18:57

    
     Hello,
    
     I have a basic question on DECNDUPLUS and Hubwatch etc.
    
     We are setting up LAPTOPS ( DECPC425SLC) with XIRCOM Ethernet NIC card
     for use onsite the  DECNDUPLUS and hubwatch etc. I know from topic 1452.4
     - dendup is unsupported. Is hubloader supported on this setup ?
    
     We tried in the lab to set up the decnduplus on this laptop to down
     load hub900 multuiswitch upgrade to 3.1 - and failed . DECNDUP did
     not work propoerly. We tried similar load at a customer site - with
     3Com NIC on a COMPAC Laptop  and that did not work either.
     Next we had to use another a PC with ETHERWORKs3 NIC and that
     worked oK.
     Are there any DEC Ethernet NIC cards supported on LAPTOP DECPC425SLC ?
     
    
     I will appreciate any feedback on XIRCOM/other third party ethernet
     NIC support for DECNDUPLUS,HUBWATCH,HUBLOADER/GIGASWITCh FDDI loader
     etc.
    
     Thanks in advance
    
     Mohan Kulhalli
     CSC Sydney
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1913.1The black art of PC/NIC configurationROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterFri Jan 20 1995 09:1316
Mohan,

HUBloader should work with any WINSOCK-compliant IP stack and network adapter. 
We are still testing various combinations of NICs and PCs but it is impossible
for us to test all of them.  Any feedback you can provide is welcome.

As for DECndu Plus, there are some folks who have successfully gotten it to work
on a laptop with a PCMCIA card.  Try searching this conference with
/TITLE="notebook", "laptop" and "ndu".  There are many notes about this (and
many war stories) that are worth reading.

FYI, I have had DECndu Plus working on a XIRCOM PE2 and PE3 for a long time. 
Check out note 836.5 for some details about various adapters I have gotten to
work with DECndu Plus.

...Roger...
1913.2Yes it works ...KETJE::VANDENBERG_RThu Feb 16 1995 03:1821
	I am  using a so called DEC Work bench PC DECPC425SL/e with
	a XIRCOM CE10 PCMCIA card.
	I can NDUed 
	I can HUBWatched
	I can even ProbeWatched

	By experience you may have strange behaviour, but for me not 		
	related to the XIRCOM card.

	1. 8 Mbytes memory and disk stacker is a problem while accessing
	   hubs with high density modules, you can wait hours before the screen 
	   is updated.

	2. With NDU on a loaded network, you will experience time-out, which of 
	   coures will leave your modules in some lunatic mode :>}

	3. With ProbeWatch function of the load of the network, you will have 
	   regularely message like 'Cannot Access the Agent'

	Hope it helps,
	Robert