Need ifconfig help on DEC 5000/200

[Michael Hucka]

Hi,
We very recently received two brand new DEC 5000s.  We ordered ThickNet
ethernet interface options, which we installed in option slot 2 as per the
installation guide's suggestion.

Problem: we can't seem to get the machines to use the ThickNet connections.
We *think* we have it narrowed down to a problem of specifying the right
device to ifconfig.  Trying
	ifconfig se0 .....  (rest of line omitted)
apparently makes the system use the ThinNet.  But
	ifconfig se1 ......
results in errors about "no such interface".  Just for the hell of it, we've
tried se2, se3, ... se7; also ln0, ... ln3 and even qe0, qe1.  All yield the
same error.

I'm sure we're making an unbearably stupid error somewhere, but we tried
everything obvious to us (the wires, the connectors, etc.)  We have had other
5000s running for well over a month using ThinNet and otherwise nearly
identical configurations.  The installation manuals don't mention any
hardware switches that would have to be set to make the machine use the other
ethernet interface (unlike the 3100s).

Can anyone please offer help or suggestions?  (Please reply via e-mail if
possible, to reduce newsgroup traffic.)

Mike Hucka

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