Re: DEQNA on MicroVax II

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>> I am trying to resurrect an old microVax II and get NetBSD running
>> on it.  [...]
> [...]

Oh, I forgot to say something.

You say you've tried 10base5, so this probably is not relevant in your
case, but it might be worth mentioning.

I've seen old 10Mb-only Ethernets misbehave oddly when connected to
modern autonegotiating hardware.  I keep an old 10Mb-only hub around as
a glue layer for such machines.  If you don't have such a thing, maybe
try forcing the configuration of the autonegotiating hardware on the
relevant port to 10/half?  With a peer as old as a DEQNA you won't get
better than 10/half anyway, and it may alleviate some of the issues.

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