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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

2478.0. "Firmware 2.4 PacketProbe where ?" by DRAC::DSMAIL () Thu Jul 06 1995 08:21

    
    Trying to install ProbeWatch 3.2 it advises to have 2.4 of PacketProbe
    installed, where to get it on the net ?
    
    	Thanks in advance
    
    	Jordi Manchon
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2478.1RDGENG::GREIDHail,Hail,Hail and Kill!Thu Jul 06 1995 08:4314
    
    
    Have a look in the directory :-
    
    NAC::NIPG:[MANAGE.RMON]
    
    specifically....
    
    NS3210.S --- which is the image for V2.4 although there seem to be a
    couple of later versions like, NS3220.S;1.
    
    See note #2363.
    
    Giles
2478.2Careful !ROGER::GAUDETBecause the Earth is 2/3 waterThu Jul 06 1995 13:455
Giles, that is not a later version!  NS3220.S is the token ring probe's
firmware.  Not very useful in an Ethernet probe.  NS3210.S is the Ethernet
probe's firmware image.

...Roger...
2478.3V2.3 image doesn't announce itself as suchNYOSS1::PLUNKETTThu Jul 06 1995 15:548
    Hi, I just thought I would put my 2 cents in.  I downloaded
    NS3210.S;2 from NAC::, and upgraded a Probe from V1.1.  The banner
    now shows PacketProbe V2.1 when you telnet to it.  Is this correct? 
    I would have expected V2.3.
    
    -Craig
    
    
2478.4It is V2.4 ... just needs a resetRDGENG::GREIDHail,Hail,Hail and Kill!Thu Jul 06 1995 16:186
    Craig,
    
    	I seem to recall that you need to reset the probe and it will
    	then say V2.4.
    
    	Giles.
2478.5Confusing filenamesDRAC::DSMAILFri Jul 07 1995 11:3917
    
    
    	too late for me, I've upgrade a DECpacketProbe 90 with ns3220.s, so
    	I got a unusable DECpacketProbe 90 with the firmware 2.5 of
    	DECpacketProbe 900RR for Token Ring and I've been unable to
    	downgrade to a Ethernet device....
    
    	Fortunately I got another DECpacketProbe 90 and I've downloaded
    	succesfully the version 2.5 with no apparent disfunctions -only
    	few hours-
    
    	The file for 2.5 rev is ns3210.s;2 with 1273 blocks, very curious
    	less blocks than 2.1 but TFTP counts 1492 for 2.5 and 1145 for 2.1
    
    	Regards
    
    	Jordi Manchon
2478.6Unresponsive TFTP server was the problemNYOSS1::PLUNKETTFri Jul 07 1995 14:4011
    re: .4
    	My problem was that I had a balky TFTP server.  Every time I
    would tell the probe to go ahead and upgrade, I would be returned to
    the config menu.  So, I rebooted the PC that was my server, and then
    the upgrade zoomed along.
    
    Now the probe banner says V2.5! I have to say that the host name display
    now available is much preferred over the mac addresses.  Keep that
    firmware coming!
    
    -Craig
2478.7V2.5 still has a bugNAC::FORRESTFri Jul 07 1995 14:553
    We will be updating NS3210.S yet again. It seems the NET and SUBNET
    modes, which give you Network instead of MAC addresses, don't work
    for the conversations. Frontier is providing a fix.
2478.8problems logging after upgradesNYOSS1::PLUNKETTFri Jul 07 1995 17:166
    I was just going to say, that after upgrading, I am now trying to
    log host stats, and in dvlog.log it complains about a group or
    domain not being present in the agent, but  it comes up in the
    domain manager display.  I guess I'll wait for the new version.
    
    -Craig