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Monitoring network activity, Rebooting the system – Sun Microsystems Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter 805-1759-10 User Manual

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Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • July 1997

Monitoring Network Activity

Perform the following task to verify that the system recognizes the Ethernet
connection. Make sure that you are connected to an active network.

To monitor network activity or incoming network packets, type the following at
the

ok

promp:

Note –

In the example above,

hme

interface>

is the full path name

of the

hme

interface. Use the

show-devs

command at the

ok

prompt to display the

full path name of the

hme

device.

Rebooting the System

After you have examined the network activity, perform a reconfiguration boot on
your system so the operating environment can recognize the Sun FastEthernet PCI
Adapter.

Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system.

Refer to the Solaris 2.x Peripheral’s Handbook for more information.

ok apply watch-net

hme

interface>

Internal loopback test -- succeeded.

Transceiver check -- passed.

Looking for Ethernet Packets.

‘.’ is a Good Packet. ‘X’ is a Bad Packet.

Type any key to stop.

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ok boot -r