Re: bad ethernet controller on sparc10 question

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Arthur Wouk wrote:

two other ss10s running the same os (solaris 9) have no problem
with the switch. in fact, i test the cable and switch combination
by moving the cable betweenm the ss10 and another fucntioning sun
machine.

ISTR those older machines having a fuse for the onboard Ethernet.
It's possible that that fuse might have blown. Assuming you want
to continue using this SS10, I think your best option would be
to get an old Ethernet SBUS card from Ebay. I imagine they're
peanuts these days.

HTH,

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