SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
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PCMCIA Interface
Using PCMCIA Cards
Using PCMCIA Cards
Your SPARCbook provides software drivers for a range of
Hayes-compatible modem cards, Ethernet cards, memory cards and
hard disks. Some less commonly used cards may require specific
software driver support for Solaris.
Modem cards
Information about using PCMCIA modems with your SPARCbook is
provided in Chapter 9 “Remote Computing”.
Network interface cards
PCMCIA Ethernet cards can be used with your SPARCbook in addition
to the built-in interface or with the built-in interface disabled.
To use your SPARCbook with more than one network interface (if, for
example, your SPARCbook is going to be used as a router), you must
assign a separate IP address and hostname for each interface. There
must be an entry for each interface to be used in the
/etc/hosts
file.
See “Assigning a hostname and IP address” on page 8-10. See also
“Remote Network Access” on page 9-5 for information about using
remote network access via a modem.
In addition, each network interface has associated with it a file in the
/etc
directory which contains the host name for that port. These files
have the following names:
/etc/le0
Built-in interface
/etc/pcelx0
PCMCIA slot 0
/etc/pcelx1
PCMCIA slot 1
To use a PCMCIA Ethernet card and not the built-in card, it is necessary
to reconfigure your SPARCbook by entering the
sys-unconfig
command. This begins a process which is similar to that described in
“Network information” on page 2-3.
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