Re: ethernet card for ultra 1?

umls wrote:
> Chris Newport <> wrote in message news:<>...
>
>>umls wrote:
>>
>>>Rich Teer <> wrote in message news:<Pine.GSO.4.44.0305202221420.9987->...
>>>
>>>>On 20 May 2003, Super-User wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>Is there anyplace to buy one? I have too much time invested in getting this
>>>>>machine to work to just give up on it now...
>>>>
>>>>Ebay is your best bet. But the ULtra 1 has a built in
>>>>Ethernet port...
>>>
>>>watch-net gives an "Internal loopback test -- Ethernet chip
>>>initialization failed" error for both the AUI and TP interface tests.
>>>I'm guessing that means both the built-in ethernet port and the
>>>ethernet card are bad - is that right?
>>>
>>>Either way, I haven't seen any listings on eBay for just an ultra 1
>>>ethernet card. If anyone has a non-working ultra1 they'd like to
>>>scavenge for parts, please post or let me know.
>>
>>SBUS ethernet cards are a dime a dozen on EBay.
>
>
> Thanks, I found one on eBay but the ethernet chip initialization still
> fails for both AUI and TP. Not sure whether the card I got was good
> and don't know of a way to test it. Just to be clear about this, if
> both AUI & TP initializations fail, should a installing working SBUS
> ethernet card fix it, or is there some more basic prob? Sorry if this
> is a naive question.

watch-net only probes onboard interface.
use watch-net-all to see all installed interfaces.

also setenv auto-boot? false
then reset-all before you run the probe or the system may lock up with
the probe command.