Ariadne media selection

sleggan · 07 April 2011, 14:41

Hi,

I have a Ariadne network card (the first model) and comes with a BNC connector and a TP connector. From what I undertand, you can set env variables to select 10Base2 (BNC) or 10BaseT (TP). The problem I have is that I cannot get the TP to work. I get no link signal on the switch nor on LED 1 on the board.

When I choose BNC it works great though (connects to my other Amiga with a BNC PCMCIA network card from Planet).

Does anyone else have this problem? Am I doing it right, or can it be that the TP/BNC selection is broken somehow? I have tried to search the Internet, and only found a post from 1999 with someone that had the same problem. He solved it by using BNC instead. But I wanna know what's wrong and if I can fix it

Please help me out.

sleggan · 08 April 2011, 18:38

Today I found myself two small 8-port hubs at work that also have an BNC connector on it. So I'll be using that for now...

If anyone else feels like telling the rest of the world that they have the same problem as I do, then your welcome.. it would be nice to get a solution to why I can't activate the TP.

lugosi · 09 April 2011, 03:29

Just a thought here, but...is your switch 10/100 autosensing? Afaik the Ariadne (just like pretty much all Amiga ethernet cards) is a 10 Mbit/s card, so if the switch only supports 100 Mbit/s (or auto-negotiation is somehow turned off), a connection won't be detected.

I had this problem long ago when I tried to get a bunch of PCs online through a 100 Mbit/s *only* HUB - the LEDs wouldn't show any connection, because all the ethernet cards were 10 Mbit/s.

MastaTabs · 17 April 2011, 13:26

Might be that one of the HALO transceivers is broken. Happend several times in the past.
How did you try to select the 10BaseT port ?

Usually you would need a ariadne0.config file (don't quite remember the exact name right now) somewhere in ENV: .

sleggan · 17 April 2011, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by MastaTabs

Might be that one of the HALO transceivers is broken. Happend several times in the past.
How did you try to select the 10BaseT port ?

Usually you would need a ariadne0.config file (don't quite remember the exact name right now) somewhere in ENV: .

I use the ariadne0.config file with the option 10BASET set. It will not work on 10BASE2 when I do that either. 10BASE2 works with that option set and with AUTO.

I also use the parameters in Miami DX MNI driver mode. It behaves the same.

So the HALO chip is responsible for the switch between the ports? I guess it would be hard to find a new one these days?

Damion · 17 April 2011, 23:12

Try a search on US ebay for HALO MD-001. Not a bad seller (bought from them in the past) but a little expensive.

07 April 2011, 14:41	#1
sleggan Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 22	Ariadne media selection Hi, I have a Ariadne network card (the first model) and comes with a BNC connector and a TP connector. From what I undertand, you can set env variables to select 10Base2 (BNC) or 10BaseT (TP). The problem I have is that I cannot get the TP to work. I get no link signal on the switch nor on LED 1 on the board. When I choose BNC it works great though (connects to my other Amiga with a BNC PCMCIA network card from Planet). Does anyone else have this problem? Am I doing it right, or can it be that the TP/BNC selection is broken somehow? I have tried to search the Internet, and only found a post from 1999 with someone that had the same problem. He solved it by using BNC instead. But I wanna know what's wrong and if I can fix it Please help me out.

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08 April 2011, 18:38	#2
sleggan Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 22	Today I found myself two small 8-port hubs at work that also have an BNC connector on it. So I'll be using that for now... If anyone else feels like telling the rest of the world that they have the same problem as I do, then your welcome.. it would be nice to get a solution to why I can't activate the TP.

09 April 2011, 03:29	#3
lugosi Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 22	Just a thought here, but...is your switch 10/100 autosensing? Afaik the Ariadne (just like pretty much all Amiga ethernet cards) is a 10 Mbit/s card, so if the switch only supports 100 Mbit/s (or auto-negotiation is somehow turned off), a connection won't be detected. I had this problem long ago when I tried to get a bunch of PCs online through a 100 Mbit/s only HUB - the LEDs wouldn't show any connection, because all the ethernet cards were 10 Mbit/s.

17 April 2011, 13:26	#4
MastaTabs Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hannover / Germany Posts: 18	Might be that one of the HALO transceivers is broken. Happend several times in the past. How did you try to select the 10BaseT port ? Usually you would need a ariadne0.config file (don't quite remember the exact name right now) somewhere in ENV: .

17 April 2011, 23:12	#6
Damion Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: US Posts: 319	Try a search on US ebay for HALO MD-001. Not a bad seller (bought from them in the past) but a little expensive.

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