Fw: [ixp1200] ENP2505 Example Issues

[Yong Liu]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yong Liu" <yongliu at ee.tamu.edu>
To: "vikram nayak" <vnayak at usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ixp1200] ENP2505 Example Issues


> Hi, Vikram
>
> I have applied the 2.01a patch and connected 2 of the ethernet ports on
the
> ENP-2505 card to two different 100Mbps switches.
>
> The current problem is that the PC connected to ENP-2505 through the
100Mbps
> switch receives a lot of identical garbage packets
> when I run the Count example.
>
> Because the network is 100Mbps now, it is different from Cyrus'
experience.
>
> Anybody know how to program the PHY device to disable the loopback mode?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Yong
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vikram nayak" <vnayak at usc.edu>
> To: <yongliu at ee.tamu.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 7:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [ixp1200] ENP2505 Example Issues
>
>
> > Hi Liu,
> >  I tried running the Count application again today, and i was able to
see
> some packets...
> >   I'm running linux on the core, and using vmware.. r u doingthe same??
> > Anyways, this is what i did differently today,
> >   I ran the patch that comes with CD1. compiled the microcode(cygwin),
> tranfered them to the linux host /arme-be...
> >    compiled the source for the core .
> >    the only modification in the config file is the "mac address" - i
guess
> becasue this is merely a layer 2 appl, ip address do not matter.
> >    I plugged in one of our straight cables( on our local LAN) into the
IXP
> port. Now the ixp is listening to all packets on the our LAN since its in
> promosicous mode.
> >    I telnet into the card, run ./ixstart ixconfifg* ... and like 10 secs
> after the images are loaded onto the card, the count on that particular
port
> kept incrementing.
> >
> >  letme know if it works
> >  vikram
> >
> > P.S. do u have the port macs with you??  what are the mac addresses
like?
> what did u do to get them?
> >
>