[ixp1200] How to communicate IXP1200 ENP2505 card with PC using Ethernet ports

[Nimit S Sawhney]

Ning...
Try running the hardware version of the l3fwdr project on the IXP by
configuring it for the number of interfaces you want to use.

-Nimit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ning Weng" <nweng at ecs.umass.edu>
To: <ixp1200 at CS.Princeton.EDU>
Cc: "Ye, Irvin" <i.ye at lancaster.ac.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: [ixp1200] How to communicate IXP1200 ENP2505 card with PC using
Ethernet ports


>
> Please forgive me to let me clarify my question:
>
> How to communicate my IXP1200 ENP2505 Card with my PC using Ethernet ports
> presented on the ENP2505 card?
>
> Yes, I can boot the IXP1200 using serial cable, and also can ping my PC
> through PCI bus.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Ye, Irvin wrote:
>
> > No need to do any configuration, ixconfig will do for you.
> >
> > As for packet generator, Intel suggest use IXIA or Shomiti, but I even
don't
> > know what are they? Who know? do tell me. If they're some kinds of
special
> > devices, I can't afford, I'm affraid. So I just use Linux host to
generate to
> > packets.
> >
> > Irvin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ning Weng [mailto:nweng at sisko.ecs.umass.edu]
> > Sent: 18 November 2002 22:45
> > To: ixp1200 at CS.Princeton.EDU; Ye, Irvin
> > Subject: Re: [ixp1200] SOS, a question about connection and output!
> >
> >
> >
> > Irvin,
> >
> > Sorry for not trying to answer your question, but  ask you question....
> >
> >
> > Q1: My case is I reboot my target(IXP1200) from my host machine through
a
> > serial cable, and I can ping each other via virtual interface( PCI) as
well.
> > Now I want the two system(IXP1200 and my host Linux machine) communicate
by
> > Ethernet port  via a cross over cable. My question is : what is the
detail
> > steps that I should do, such as network configurations or other? That
will be a
> > great help for me if you would like share your experiences or point me
the the
> > documentation that you followed.
> > Q2: What is the packet generator that you used?
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
> >
> > Ning
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >           "Ye, Irvin"
> >
> > Q2:
> >
> >
> >
> > "Ye, Irvin" wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,I'm puzzled on the connection for ixp1200.I had tried to connect PCs
and
> > ixp1200 ports in standard way: via a hub / switch, but it failed to
work. When
> > I tried direct connection through crossover twisted pairs, it seemed OK,
> > packets could be successfully sent to ixp1200 ports. But then it found
that
> > packets could not be sent from the ports. When I tried Intel's simple
bridge
> > example, I found there were problem in the egress side: packets could
not be
> > sent out, so finally there was a RmSendPacket error. Upon Erik's
suggestion,
> > I've checked some status of the board and found that when there were
packets to
> > send, the value of the XMIT_PTR regisger would stick to a fix number,
and the
> > active transmit thread would cycle around these codes:
> > Egress_WaitForPortReady[abs_port]    ctx_arb[sdram]I've tried long, but
failed
> > to resolve the problem. It's making me crazy. Who can give me a
> > help?Regards.Irvin
> >
> >
>
>
>