RDI Precisionbook's ethernet adapter not functioning

[Bryan Munshower]

I have an RDI (Tadpole) Precisionbook notebook running HP-UX 10.20 As far as the OS is concerned it thinks its sitting on a B160 workstation. The problem is after I configure the ethernet adapter and subsequently perform a lanscan, the "Hardware State" field shows "UP",however, the "Net-Interface State" field shows "Down". Does anyone know if this notebook requires configuration/drivers different than that of a B160?

[Ron Kinner]

It appears that lanscan sees your card and since the man says:

"lanscan does not display information about LAN devices that do not
have software support such as LAN interface cards that fail to bind
properly at boot-up time"

so I would think you have a working driver. Usually an Up Down output like you have just indicates that the NIC is not plugged into a working hub or switch or the speeds are mismatched.

Ron

[Bryan Munshower]

Good thought Ron, but I've double checked the hardware/cables connected to the notebook and they're ok. I do have some further information...

When I do a linkloop on my MAC Address (0x0060b0c0083b), I see the following:

Link connectivity to LAN station: 0x0060b0c0083b
error: expected primitive 0x30, got DL_ERROR_ACK
dl_error_primitive = 0x2d
dl_errno = 0x04
dl_unix_errno = 57
error - did not receive data part of message

[Ron Kinner]

Do you get the same error when you run linkloop to a different MAC?

What do you see when you do

lanadmin
lan
display



Which driver is it using? ioscan should say. Is there a file in /etc/rc.config.d for the driver? (something like hpbtlanconf) What does it say?

What does your /etc/rc.config.d/netconf look like?

Does

ifconfig lan0

provide anything useful?

I found a website where the guy seemed to know a lot about your notebook. You might try contacting him. His address is at the bottom of the page:

http://www.openpa.net/systems/pbook.html

He also provides links to Tadpole's site that no longer have references in their index or search engine. One of the spec sheets claims the tadpole is 100% digitally compliant with HP workstations so software doesn't look like a problem.

Ron