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From: stephen@mincom.OZ (Stephen Kirby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: ethernet version 1 or 2
Summary: We gave up running ethernet on integrated card
	 works ok on a VME ethernet card.
Message-ID: <294@mincom.OZ>
Date: 18 Dec 89 00:48:24 GMT
References: <8912142230.AA06853@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Mincom, Brisbane, Australia
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In article <8912142230.AA06853@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, swanson@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (Amy Swanson) writes:
> 
> Is there a way to tell which version of ethernet (Ethernet v.1 or v.2) your 
> PI or Power Series machines are running?  We are currently experiencing severe 
> network problems orginating from our SGIs which we suspect are due to an 
> incompatibility of the SGIs with the SQE (heartbeat) enabled/disabled on the 
> ethernet transceivers.
> 
> Amy Swanson
> amys@ncsa.uiuc.edu

We have a IRIS 140 and our ethernet would slow then stop to the 140, if
we ran on the integrated ethernet controller.  We swapped to a VME 
controller and the ethernet has not failed.  This problem only occurred
on our 4 CPU 140.  the PI's give no trouble.  This problem occurred in 
IRIX 3.2  I have not tested it under IRIX 3.2.1.
Stephen Kirby
MINCOM