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100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
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100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
is it possible ?

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07-07-2021, 06:48 AM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
Yes. Sun sold 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet SBus cards. There are single port and quad port versions. All of them are supported in the SS5.
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07-07-2021, 11:28 PM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
thank you
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07-08-2021, 12:25 PM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
A similar discussion arose today on a mailing list that I read.  Somebody there pointed to https://fido.aalin.co.uk/vault/hw/system/sun/sbus-sfe2/ for information about (some) SBus Fast Ethernet cards and drivers.  Maybe it'll help you, too.
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07-09-2021, 03:16 PM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
Good to know, thank you ! However, I doubt I will find this card easily lol
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07-09-2021, 04:36 PM
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(07-09-2021, 04:36 PM)octaneirix6530 Wrote:  Good to know, thank you ! However, I doubt I will find this card easily lol

an ebay search "sun ethernet sbus" gives 13 hits for me
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07-09-2021, 09:50 PM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
(07-09-2021, 09:50 PM)fleedwood Wrote:  an ebay search "sun ethernet sbus" gives 13 hits for me

Just beware that Sun sold "SBus Ethernet" (10 Mbit/sec) and "SBus Fast Ethernet" (100 Mbit/sec) cards.  Worse yet, they're not always correctly labelled by ebay sellers.  Cross-reference part numbers with the official Sun documentation to be sure.
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07-10-2021, 12:42 AM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
found one, thank you =)
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07-10-2021, 06:58 AM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
Hello,

got the ethernet card (Sun 501-2919/x1059a sunfastethernet 10/100 SBUS ebay item https://www.ebay.fr/itm/333893739708).

How to I proper install it ? When I remove the existing 10 Mbps ethernet card and replace it, and boot with -r to reconfigure, 
it says le1 is not available.

I am running solaris 2.6, from what I have understood, the driver is included within the OS ?

thank you for your help !
(07-18-2021, 11:48 AM)octaneirix6530 Wrote:  Hello,

got the ethernet card (Sun 501-2919/x1059a sunfastethernet 10/100 SBUS ebay item https://www.ebay.fr/itm/333893739708).

How to I proper install it ? When I remove the existing 10 Mbps ethernet card and replace it, and boot with -r to reconfigure, 
it says le1 is not available.

I am running solaris 2.6, from what I have understood, the driver is included within the OS ?

thank you for your help !

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Sharp X68000 PRO HD 4MB Bluescsi
HP Kayak XA-s, Dual Pentium II 400 Mhz 512 MB Voodoo 3, 2x2TB
Sun SparcStation 5 @ 170 Mhz (TurboSparc), 96MB Ram, TGX+ graphics, 2x18GB SCSI
BeBox Dual PPC 603e @ 133 Mhz, 128 MB Ram 2GB SCSI
SGI Octane R14000 @ 600 Mhz 1GB VPro 12 128MB 8GB SCSI
NeXTCube 68040 @ 25 Mhz 64MB NeXTDimension Board 64MB 2GB SCSI
NeXTStation Color 68040 @ 25 Mhz 64 MB  2GB SCSI
NeXTStation Turbo Mono 68040 @ 33 Mhz 64MB  16GB SCSI
NeXTStation Turbo Color 68040 @ 33 Mhz 128MB 4GB SCSI
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07-18-2021, 11:48 AM
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RE: 100 Mbp ethernet on sparcstation 5
(07-18-2021, 11:48 AM)octaneirix6530 Wrote:  How to I proper install it ? When I remove the existing 10 Mbps ethernet card and replace it, and boot with -r to reconfigure, 
it says le1 is not available.

I'm not surprised that le1 is not available. That particular Fast Ethernet card should be using the hme driver, so it will be hme0 instead.
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