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Missing HPUX network interface (lan0)?

I recently purchased a refurbished HP 9000 with HPUX 10.20. After initial setup.... it's not recognizing the lan interface. All attempts to check the status or configure it says, no interface is found. (ifconfig, netstat,

How do I create a new lan interface for the network card in 10.20?

Thanks

tfewster

Does `ioscan -fn` show the lan interface? If not, you will need to add the drivers into the kernel
Does `lanscan` detect the interface?

John OBrien

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Both commands do not show the lan interface.

landiag.... returns "Unable to open device file /dev/dlpi

all other lan commands show no lan interface.

so how do I add it to the kernel?

Any help is appreciated.

tfewster

I'm guessing the system was built before the network card was added, otherwise the drivers and device files would have been created.

Please post the output of `ioscan -fn |egrep "unknown|lan"` If the network card is not faulty, it will show up here as an unknown device type, but will show a Description; From this, we can work out what kernel drivers need to be added.

Also post the output of `swlist -v |grep Network` to see if any Network packages have been loaded. You will probably need a set of HP-UX 10.20 media if they haven't

John OBrien

ASKER

The results of ioscan -fn ....
unknown -1 8/0 UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN GSC-TO-PCI BUS BRIDGE
unknown -1 8/16/5.3.0 UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN HP C1537A

The results of swlist -v are ...

blank? It's returning nothing? even if I exclude the grep.

Very strange.

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