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EtherLan User Guide

Related Documents

The following documents provide further information about AUN and can be obtained from the

sources indicated.

A UN Explained

This outlines the concepts behind AUN and describes how to configure the

main components of AUN software. Additionally some of the technicalities of
AUN and its relationship to TCP/IP protocols are explained. Available from
Acorn Computers Limited.

AUN Manager's Guide

A guide written for network managers to help them install and maintain AUN
software. Supplied as part of the Level 4/A UN Release 3 software pack.

Welcome Guide

For further details about how to set up your computer. This document should

have been supplied with your computer.

RISC OS User Guide

For further details on how to use your computer, in particular the command line
i nterface (star commands, see Part 3, chapters 10 to 13). This document should
have been supplied with your computer, or with your RISC OS 3 upgrades.

An Introduction to Acorn networking

Supplied by

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3 when you purchase an i3 EtherLan card with the Acorn

software installed in ROM (or an Acorn upgrade).

Acorn

Some slightly more technical information regarding Acorn . The

i

Introduction to Acorn  document refers back to this booklet where

appropriate. An Acorn booklet, supplied by i when you purchase an EtherLan
card with the Acorn software installed in ROM (or an Acorn
upgrade).

(,sing a PC card with your i 3 Ethernet card

Describes configuring the PC Card/PC Processor driver software for use with an

i

3 EtherLan card. Issue I. I or later includes details of the virtual Ethernet

i nterface feature of the i3 EtherLan drivers. Available from 13 .

limited, Rustat House, 62 Clifton Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB 1 4GY

Technical Support: 01223 566119

Facsimile: 01223 566313

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Summary of Contents for EtherLan

Page 1: ...ETHERNET PORT AUTO CONFIGURATION 7 TESTING 7 COMMAND SUMMARY 8 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 15 RELATED DOCUMENTS 16 EtherLan is a trademark of limited Acorn Archimedes and Econet are trademarks of Acorn Computers Ltd ClassShare is a trademark of Network Solutions AppFS is a trademark of Angelsoft Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation Copyright 1993 1997 limited Document no ELANUG 214 Issue ...

Page 2: ...ons of this Guide which relate to the combo card s port selection do not apply to these 10BaseT only cards With all cards careful design ensures compliance with the electrical isolation and cable loading standards required for Ethernet IEEE 802 3 The voltage isolation safety barrier required by Ethernet 500V for 10Base2 2000V for 10BaseT is provided by the printed circuit board and components used...

Page 3: ...e network You should also configure these computers to have no floppy drive as this will speed their booting this can be done through the Configure application Once this has been done the CMOS Lock software can be used to prevent anyone other than the system manager changing the configuration Network Diagnostics When used on twisted pair networks the i3 EtherLan card supports diagnostic features t...

Page 4: ...thernet drivers which you need to be aware of when using this manual Virtual Ethernet Interface support The Ethernet drivers for the E500 and E600 series cards now include support for virtual Ethernet interfaces i e they allow a single network card to appear to the network as two independent connections Where a computer is fitted with a PC card or PC second processor this feature allows the PC and...

Page 5: ...e no similar compatibility problems with using the Acorn AUN software However if you are using the Level 4 file sever software please note that Release 3 is the earliest version which Acorn support for use with AUN If you encounter any problems with Acorn networking software AUN or TCP IP you should indicate to your dealer or whoever is providing you with technical support that you are using the D...

Page 6: ...configured on see next section Refer to the A UN Manager s Guide and AUN Explained documents for further information on choosing station numbers Configuring the computer to boot the AUN software from ROM When you first switch on your computer after installing the i 3 EtherLan card the AUN software will be loaded but will not automatically start up You need to type configure bootnet on at the promp...

Page 7: ...itialised the AUN software 1 Press F12 to get to the command line and enter ehinfo for a full description of this command see page 10 This will print out information about the state of the network controller including whether the software is having to auto correct a reversed l OBaseT connection 2 Check that the network interface type has been correctly identified 3 No error messages should be give...

Page 8: ...e commands These cause something to be done straight away e g a test to be carried out Any effect of an immediate command will be lost when the computer is turned off or reset In addition it provides details of those AUN commands which are specifically required for the installation or testing of your i3 EtherLan card or which differ in some way from the command descriptions given in the AUN Manage...

Page 9: ...i 3 EtherLan E500 and E600 cards sets the configuration state for whether or not the virtual Ethernet interface feature is activated Syntax configure EHVirtual onloff Use EHVirtual is configured On to activate the virtual Ethernet interfaces Thereafter the interface card will present two Ethernet interfaces eh0 and eh I to the computer The default configuration state is Off and EHVirtual should on...

Page 10: ...ler Mode Normal reject frames with errors Example 2 EHVirtual configured on ehinfo EtherH Version 4 19 i cubed ltd 1996 Card Info i cubed EtherLan 600 Ethernet StrongARM interface Unit 0 slot 8 16 bit driver Ethernet address 00 c0 32 00 74 41 10BaseT twistedpair interfaceinuse I O Stats Rxframes 17 Rxerrs 0 Txframes 36 Txerrs 0 DMAframes 0 Collisions 0 Rejects 2 Interface Twisted pair interface li...

Page 11: ... station by both broadcast transmissions and by direct addressing using a protocol that was not understood This should be zero on a network that only uses AUN EtherLan User Guide Additional Notes General I The Rx errors line will be absent if there have been no receive errors 2 There will be an additional line TxErrors in the first section of the output with EHVirtual configured On if there have b...

Page 12: ...arily provided as an aid to testing and trouble shooting Example EHtest Diagnostic tests started Diagnostic tests complete EtherH Version 4 19 i cubed ltd 1996 Card Info i cubed EtherLan 600 Ethernet StrongARM interface Unit 0 slot 8 16 bit driver Ethernetaddress 00 c0 32 00 74 41 10Base2 coax interfaceinuse I O Stats Rxframes 28 Rxerrs 0 Txframes 36 Txerrs 0 DMAframes 0 Collisions 0 Rejects 0 Fra...

Page 13: ...tprobe128 201 Station not present Related Commands None NetStat AUN immediate command Displays the AUN network address and status information for the local station Syntax netstat a Parameters a Optional flag to request all status information L se Netstat displays the local station s network address ne number station number and status information The a flag requests all status information see examp...

Page 14: ...s this command does not form part of the standard AUN applications Instead it is supplied as a separate program with Acorn s Level 4 File Server software You can run this program fiom the desktop by double clicking on its icon the prompt for the station number i s then presented i n a window The number is stored in the same location as is used by Econet to store station rumbers If the station is c...

Page 15: ...rn dealer for details of this upgrade If you are using Release I of Acorn s TCP IP Protocol Suite software then you must upgrade to Release 2 please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the software Registration Card Please take the time to fill in your registration card and send it off All entries on the card must be filled in Without receipt of this card we cannot supply you with any softw...

Page 16: ...chapters 10 to 13 This document should have been supplied with your computer or with your RISC OS 3 upgrades An Introduction to Acorn Access networking Supplied by i3 when you purchase an i3 EtherLan card with the Acorn Access software installed in ROM or an Acorn Access upgrade Acorn Access Some slightly more technical information regarding Acorn Access The i3 Introduction to Acorn Access documen...

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