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

[Nimit S Sawhney]

Irvin,

What config file(s) did you use when you called "ixstart" for the l3fwdr?

-Nimit

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ye, Irvin" <i.ye at lancaster.ac.uk>
To: <ixp1200 at CS.Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:25 AM
Subject: RE: [ixp1200] How to communicate IXP1200 ENP2505 card with PC using
Ethernet ports


> Hi, Nimit,
>
> I've tried Intel's samples, both l2bridge and l3forward, but failed to let
them
> work. There're always errors in the egress side. The ueng always stops to
wait
> for the ports to be ready, while the ports keep unready. Would you give me
some
> hints?
>
> Irvin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nimit S Sawhney [mailto:nimits at cmu.edu]
> Sent: 20 November 2002 21:29
> To: ixp1200 at CS.Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ixp1200] How to communicate IXP1200 ENP2505 card with PC
using
> Ethernet ports
>
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>