Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!blais
From: blais@ut-emx.UUCP (Donald Blais)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Cabletron Ethernet interface and NCSA Telnet
Message-ID: <31283@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 90 16:30:22 GMT
Reply-To: blais@ut-emx.UUCP (Donald E. Blais)
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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Cabletron Systems, Inc. has provided us with two PC Ethernet interface
cards for a period of evaluation: the E2020 for use in a PC AT, and
the E6020 for use in a Mac II.  The available Macintosh versions of
these cards are reviewed in the March 1990 issue of Macworld and the
June 1990 issue of MacUser.

The E2020 has been installed in a PC AT compatible 16 bit slot with
port select switch set to AUI, interrupt request level jumper to 3,
address select jumper to 300, and power select jumper to AUI.  The
diagnostics run without error.  Because our AUI transceiver cable has
studs that fit into a slide lock, the nut screws of the AUI connector
on the card had to be removed.  One pleasant feature is that the card
comes with light indicators for power, transmit, receive, collision.

Software comes on two floppies.  Included is a lowest level driver,
CSIPD_E, which must be run before any other drivers.  An NCSA driver
is not included.  The included NCSA.DOC says, "There is a package in
the public domain call[ed] NCSA Telnet.  This package can be run as
per the public domain instructions...".  Does an NCSA driver exist?

We have two versions of the NCSA package: NCSA Telnet 2.2, and NCSA
Telnet 2.2D/TN.  Both of these versions of NCSA Telnet work with a
WD8003E interface card.  Neither version is working with the E2020.
The NCSA Telnet 2.2D/TN version yields the following message...

   "Packet driver (Cabletron NIC)
    Class 1 Type 51 Version 103 Extended 2
    Requested paket class does not match driver class
    Could not initialize hardware level network driver
    Error intializing network or getting configuration file"

Are we doing something wrong or do we need a not yet available driver?
-- 
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