Re: Nees Some Help With A Sun Classic

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00

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"David Brown" <webdave@usa.net> writes:

>I just purchased my first Sun, an old Sparcstation Classic.  I want to add
>this computer to my home ethernet lan.  The classic has a 10baseT connector
>in the back so I plugged it into my hub.  I can not ping any of my other
>computers (1 win98 machine and two linux boxes) on the network.  I think it
>is a problem with the sun or the network card because the led on my hub is
>not lit up like the others that are in use.  Does anyone have any ideas????
>I am not at all familiar with solaris 7(which the computer is running) or
>sun hardware.

Check that the 'tpe-link-test?' NVRAM parameter is set to 'true' using the
'eeprom' command when SunOS is running, or with the 'printenv' command at
the 'ok' ROM monitor prompt.

Regards,

Craig.

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