Connecting To A Standard Ethernet Network; Setting The Network Select Button For Standard Ethernet; Verifyingyour Standard Ethernet Network Installation - DEC VAXstation 3100 Owner's Manual

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5.2 Connecting to a Standard Ethernet Network
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Complete the following tasks to connect your system to a standard
Ethernet network;
• Put the network select button in the out position for standard
Ethernet.
• Verify standard Ethernet network installation.
• Troubleshoot standard Ethernet.
• Connect a transceiver cable to your VAXstation 3100 system.
5.2.1 Setting the Network Select Button for Standard
Ethernet
Tb use standard Ethernet on your VAXstation 3100:
1 Press the recessed network select button on the back of the
system unit (see Figure 5-1) to the standard Ethernet (out)
position.
2 When you turn on your system, the green light to the left of
the network select button comes on, indicating you are ready
to connect to standard Ethernet.
5.2.2 Verifying Your Standard Ethernet Network
Installation
lb verify standard Ethernet installation, follow these steps:
1 Check that the Ethernet loopback connector is attached to
your system vinit. If you have not attached the loopback
connector, see Section 2.3.4.
2 Turn your system on ( I ). The light at the end of the loopback
connector should come on. The following display appears:
F. . .
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3 At the console prompt, enter the following command:
» > SHOW ETHERNET IReturn |
The Ethernet hardware address appears on the screen in the
following format:
ID xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Note The letters ID are not part of the address.
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