Very Computer

Hi,

I have a Sun fire e280r server which has a Sun network card that can
detect 10/100/1000 BASE TX.

I  can connect and ping with my PC using a crossover cable to the standard
ethernet port (the port labled TP at the back of the e280r sun server)

But when I then connect the cossover cable to the 10/100/1000 BASE TX
network card I lose connection.

What I have done

1) I have rebooted with no luck
init 6 or reboot -- -r

2)when I try and create a second interface eri1 using the steps below
(eri0 is the connection that works when I connect to the TP ethernet port
card)
a)touch /etc/hostname.eri1;
b)echo 192.168.10.2 > /etc/hostname.eri1
c)edited host file
127.0.0.1       localhost
192.168.10.1     sunserver        loghost
192.168.10.2    sunserver

e.g 192.168.10.1 = eri0, 192.168.10.2 = eri1

d) ifconfig eri1 plumb  (i get the following error)

ifconfig: SIOCSLIFNAME for ip: eri1: no such interface
May 24 23:54:47 sunserver ip: ip_rput_dlpi(eri1): DL_ERROR_ACK for
DL_ATTACH_REQ(
11), errno 8, unix 0

DL_ERROR_ACK fo
r DL_BIND_REQ(1), errno 3, unix 0
May 24 23:54:47 sunserver ip: ip_rput_dlpi(eri1): DL_ERROR_ACK for
DL_PHYS_ADDR_R
EQ(49), errno 3, unix 0
May 24 23:54:47 sunserver ip: ip_rput_dlpi(eri1): DL_ERROR_ACK for
DL_UNBIND_REQ(
2), errno 3, unix 0
May 24 23:54:47 sunserver ip: ip_rput_dlpi(eri1): DL_ERROR_ACK for
DL_DETACH_REQ(
12), errno 3, unix 0

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

gab

Hi,

typo on step 2c

edited /etc/hosts file is

Quote:>127.0.0.1       localhost
>192.168.10.1     sunserver        loghost
>192.168.10.2    sunserver-1

gab

Is it actually an eri driver that's being loaded?  In other words, is it a
separate card that's maybe a bge interface instead?  I couldn't really
tell from your post if it is or not.

Kevin

There are no gigabit Rio cards. You have a ce card.

Quote:>d) ifconfig eri1 plumb  (i get the following error)

Try 'ifconfig ce0 plumb'

/wfr
Fredrik
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Fredrik Lundholm  

Hi everyone,

Thanks to everyone for their assistance.
The network adapter card is working now I can ping from my laptop.
Thanks to Kevin and Fredrik

Just to summarize so has to aid someone else who has the same issue for
refrencing.

I just did a bit more digging up to find out more. But my question was
answered before I found this.

1) The types of Device and Network Interfaces are:

hme - SUNW,hme Fast-Ethernet device driver
bge - SUNW,bge Gigabit Ethernet driver for Broadcom BCM5704
ce - Cassini Gigabit-Ethernet device driver
d) dmfe - Davicom Fast Ethernet driver for Davicom DM9102A
dnet - Ethernet driver for DEC 21040, 21041, 21140 Ethernet cards
elx - 3COM EtherLink III Ethernet device driver
elxl - 3Com Ethernet device driver
eri - eri Fast-Ethernet device driver
ge - GEM Gigabit-Ethernet device driver
ieef - Intel Ethernet device driver
le - Am7990 (LANCE) Ethernet device driver
pcelx - 3COM EtherLink III PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter
pcn - AMD PCnet Ethernet controller device driver
qfe - SUNW,qfe Quad Fast-Ethernet device driver
sk98sol - SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet SK-98xx device driver
spwr - SMC EtherPower II 10/100 (9432) Ethernet device driver

2) If not sure of the above you can determine which interface you have by

a) prtpicl -c network -v | egrep 'name|instance'
OR
b) grep ce /etc/path_to_inst or grep ce /etc/driver_aliases (replacing
'ce' by the interface types in step 1)

option 2'a' here is the most obvious to use.

3)Then configure your interfaces
a) touch /etc/hostname.ce0; echo 192.168.1.10 > /etc/hostname.ce0  (create
interface name and put hostname or ip address. You can reboot from this
stage and miss the remaining steps)
b)ifconfig ce0 plumb
c)ifconfig ce0 up
d)ifconfig ce0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Thanks.

gab

You should be able to grep network /etc/path_to_inst, and get a list of
all network interfaces attached. Might be some left over if you've pulled
cards out, but it's a great start.

Colin

An obvious simple and correct way to determine the network interfaces
is to call

        ifconfig -a plumb

and then run a

        ifconfig -a

to list the avaliable interfaces.

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