Subject: Re: SMC NIC
From: Adam Elkins (LinuxRobot@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 21:01:28 AKST
It seems to work, it greens up when I plug it into the hub....
On Thursday 31 January 2002 08:59 pm, james wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Elkins" <LinuxRobot@yahoo.com>
> To: <aklug@aklug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:38 PM
> Subject: SMC NIC
>
> > Is it normal for those old SMC NIC's to have another port besides the
> > ethernet port? There is a 15 pin (male) port next to it....If so, whats
>
> it
>
> > used for?
>
> It is an obsolescent connector, an "AUI" port IIRC. As long as the RJ-45
> is working, you can ignore it. If the RJ-45 isn't working, look for a set
> of jumpers on the card not used for IRQ, I/O or memory address. Most of
> my ISA NICs have RJ-45, AUI and BNC connectors on them. While I've seen
> 10base2 cables and connectors, I've never seen the cable (10base5?) that
> goes with AUI ports unless the terminals at the UAF VAX node used them.
> (And back then I just cared about not missing the Empire update.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
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