Subject: Re: Weird Error Message on AXPpci33; Probs with ethernet.
To: Ari Rubenstein <arubenstein@staff.portal.ca>
From: Jeremy 'Moose' Shabat <moose@digex.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/03/1997 02:15:16
On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Ari Rubenstein wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Jeremy 'Moose' Shabat wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Ari Rubenstein wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Matt Thomas wrote:
> > >
> > > > >ifconfig ep0 inet (ipaddress) media 10baseT
> > > >
> > > > ifconfig ep0 media utp
> > >
> > > This gives back:
> > >
> > > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured
> >
> > from the srm console:
> >
> > set ep0_mode UTP
>
> The console says that an environment variable has been created, but the
> error messages after I ifconfig is still:
>
> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured
Try show ewa0_mode and see if it's set. If it is, make sure it's set to
UTP. It might work and is definately worth a shot. BTW - what ethernet
card are you using?
-Moose