Tried setting the OpenBoot PROM to not keep checking the link in case the hub was n't pulsing correctly (or at all).

Did sys-unconfig and reset all network settings.

Currently using a PERL script called hmeconfig ([link|http://arrakis.cso.uiuc.edu/jak/code/hmeconfig.html|http://arrakis.cso....econfig.html])

which lets me dig into the hme interface and check the settings (full/half, 100/10, etc)

More and more I think it's pointing to the hub. Just because it works fine on an old Pentium (with 3C509 10 mbit NIC) doesn't mean it's good enough for my Sun.

Man, Google (and ziwethey, of course) is a great resource for these weird troubles. I just put the error message and a few other keywords in and I can usually get the answer I'm looking for. (Except for this problem, of course.)


Thanks for the response. I'll keep you posted.