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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 03:31 PM

Are there any working drivers for SPARC Solaris for USB network
interfaces? I'm running Solaris 8 (yeah, a bit long in the
tooth, I know), and I need a second network port, but I don't
have a free slot. I do have open USB ports, so I was just
wondering.
--
Jeff Wieland

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 03:31 PM

Jeff Wieland wrote:

> Are there any working drivers for SPARC Solaris for USB network
> interfaces? I'm running Solaris 8 (yeah, a bit long in the
> tooth, I know), and I need a second network port, but I don't
> have a free slot. I do have open USB ports, so I was just
> wondering.
> --
> Jeff Wieland

Is your current NIC a PCI card? you might be able to replace it with a
quad Ethernet (qfe) card. An SBus version is going for $75 on e-Bay
and a PCI version for $15. I'm pretty sure it's supported in Solaris 8
but support may have been dropped in S9 or S10. If your NIC os built in
to the mother board, I think you're stuck

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 03:31 PM

In article <qNednensCr1c_uLZRVn-tA@comcast.com> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:
>Jeff Wieland wrote:
>
>> Are there any working drivers for SPARC Solaris for USB network
>> interfaces? I'm running Solaris 8 (yeah, a bit long in the
>> tooth, I know), and I need a second network port, but I don't
>> have a free slot. I do have open USB ports, so I was just
>> wondering.
>> --
>> Jeff Wieland
>
>Is your current NIC a PCI card? you might be able to replace it with a
>quad Ethernet (qfe) card. An SBus version is going for $75 on e-Bay
>and a PCI version for $15. I'm pretty sure it's supported in Solaris 8
>but support may have been dropped in S9 or S10. If your NIC os built in
>to the mother board, I think you're stuck

I should have been a bit more specific -- this is in a Sun Blade 1500
running Solaris 8. Right now, all slots are full, with SCSI, second
video card, and a SunVideo Plus card (plus the standard XVR-100 and
USB-Firewire cards).

If I were running Solaris 9 or 10, I could take advantage of the 802.1q
support, and connect to the second network that way. I could also
remove the USB-Firewire card, since I'm not currently using it, and
drop in a Linksys card that I've got that works with Garrett D'Amore's
afe driver. But if I could, it'd be nice (how many bad ideas have been
launched with the phrase???) if I could use one of the USB ports
instead.
--
Jeff Wieland

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 03:32 PM

Jeff Wieland wrote:
> In article <qNednensCr1c_uLZRVn-tA@comcast.com> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> writes:
>> Jeff Wieland wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any working drivers for SPARC Solaris for USB network
>>> interfaces? I'm running Solaris 8 (yeah, a bit long in the
>>> tooth, I know), and I need a second network port, but I don't
>>> have a free slot. I do have open USB ports, so I was just
>>> wondering.
>>> --
>>> Jeff Wieland
>> Is your current NIC a PCI card? you might be able to replace it with a
>> quad Ethernet (qfe) card. An SBus version is going for $75 on e-Bay
>> and a PCI version for $15. I'm pretty sure it's supported in Solaris 8
>> but support may have been dropped in S9 or S10. If your NIC os built in
>> to the mother board, I think you're stuck
>
> I should have been a bit more specific -- this is in a Sun Blade 1500
> running Solaris 8. Right now, all slots are full, with SCSI, second
> video card, and a SunVideo Plus card (plus the standard XVR-100 and
> USB-Firewire cards).
>
> If I were running Solaris 9 or 10, I could take advantage of the 802.1q
> support, and connect to the second network that way. I could also
> remove the USB-Firewire card, since I'm not currently using it, and
> drop in a Linksys card that I've got that works with Garrett D'Amore's
> afe driver. But if I could, it'd be nice (how many bad ideas have been
> launched with the phrase???) if I could use one of the USB ports
> instead.
> --
> Jeff Wieland
I dont know if this is any help but the dlink dub-e100 does work with
linux and theres an opensource driver for it in the kernel as standard,
which means that it may have a solaris driver as well. just a pointer,
it may lead to a dead end.
regards peter

#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 03:32 PM

In comp.unix.solaris Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote:

> Is your current NIC a PCI card? you might be able to replace it with a
> quad Ethernet (qfe) card.

Quad Ethernet would be a qe or qec, qfe is the Quad Fast Ethernet Card.

> An SBus version is going for $75 on e-Bay
> and a PCI version for $15. I'm pretty sure it's supported in Solaris 8
> but support may have been dropped in S9 or S10.

At least the qfe is well supported in Solaris 10. Support for the
qe/qec was dropped with Solaris 7.

Martin

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