Subject: Re: Router quandry
To: Brad Salai <bsalai@tmonline.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/25/1998 10:44:22
Our of curiosity, what does Solaris report for the card?
David/absolute
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Brad Salai wrote:
> I'm trying to build a router to connect between my cable modem and the rest
> of the network at home. I've got NetBSD 1.3.2 talking to the cable modem
> fine, and I've had luck in the past with NAT and a ppp connection, but
> there's a problem with the second ethernet connection.
>
> I've acquired a PTI (Performance Technologies) ethernet/scsi sbus card that
> NetBSD seems to sense ok, and recognize as PTI SBS 550. I think is what is
> reports. Trouble is, I can't get it to configure. I suspect it just isn't
> supported.
>
> I'm not able to write a driver, but I might be able to get some info on the
> card since I have a contact at the company.
>
> If this fails, does anyone know if either SunOS or Solaris has something
> equivalent to NAT? Since the box is just going to be a gateway, I don't
> much care what it runs, and I have a Solaris driver for the second ethernet
> card.
>
> Any suggestions would be welcome.
>
> Brad
>
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