Yep - you need Layer2 - Setup the vswitch like Alan mentioned. BUT: the osa port can **not** support layer2 & layer3 at the same time. If all your ports are in use as layer3 at the moment, you'll have to free one up to initialize it in layer2. The first connection to the osa sets the mode, and everyone else who shares it has to follow suit.
To get the Linux driver in Layer 2 mode you have to stick a value a file, but that varies depending on which distribution youre using. for RHEL5: *OPTIONS="layer2=1"* in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX * *for SLES: QETH_LAYER2_SUPPORT=1 in /etc/sysconfig/hardware/hwcfg- qeth-bus-ccw-0.0.XXXX I pulled that from Mark Ver's RHEL4 / SLES9 configuration cross reference at http://linuxvm.org/present/SHARE107/S9211mv.pdf RHEL 5 & SLES 10 should be close enough to try the same things on. -- Jay Brenneman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
