Re: DEQNA on MicroVax II

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%update.uu.se@localhost>]

On 2020-09-08 21:13, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 9/8/20 2:56 PM, Mouse wrote:
> > > > I tried pinging the gateway from the NetBSD command prompt and get
> > > > no reply, but if I ping the MV II from another computer it responds
> > > > just fine, so I know the DEQNA is transmitting and receiving.
> >
> > > Download the sets on to a machine on the local network, then fetch
> > > them from that machine.
> >
> > Hm, yes, if "the gateway" is some mass-market turnkey box, it may well
> > not get along with the VAX.
> >
> > And I just had another thought: trailers.  I can't recall whether
> > NetBSD of that vintage defaulted to trailers or not; man ifconfig on
> > one of my 1.4T SPARCs indicates *it* does, so your NetBSD might too.  A
> > modern mass-market consumer boxof recent vintage may well not support
> > trailers.  Try ifconfig qe0 -trailers, maybe?  And/or try pinging
> > something other than the gateway from the VAX?  I now realize my
> > debugging suggestions have been based on the assumption that the ping
> > attempts have been between the same two boxen, just in different
> > directions; I now realize that was an unwarranted assumption.
>
>    What about SQE?  Every time I've run a DEQNA, I've had to enable SQE 
> on the transceiver.

People, these are all good points, but forget that pinging worked fine 
from another machine to the VAX, but not VAX to other machine.

That implies that hardware wise, all is good.

  Johnny

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