Ethernets and AUX
Neil McKenzie
mckenzie at june.cs.washington.edu
Tue Jan 10 09:07:22 AEST 1989
My group at UW (that's Washington, not Wisconsin or Waterloo!) recently
received a MacIIx + AUX, and I've been trying to make it talk on the
Ether waves here. Unfortunately, I'm not having much luck getting
bootstrapped.
Some things appear to work OK:
/etc/etheraddr -- prints a 6 field Ethernet ID. This means that the
Ethernet card is plugged into the NuBus and is recognized.
/etc/hostid -- I can set the hostid to a 32-bit identifier.
The next logical step is to configure the interface using /etc/ifconfig.
The local node name is 'tesla'. E.g.,
ifconfig ae6 tesla
But it seems that 'ifconfig' always produces the message
ifconfig: socket: network is down
no matter what arguments I give it. I'm using a thick cable connection from
the Mac to a network box (DELNI) that already has lots of nodes connected
to it and working.
Are there any readers of this group have wise words about what to do now?
--Neil McKenzie (mckenzie at june.cs.washington.edu)
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