Mac TCP/IP networking - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

25 Oct 2000

On Oct 25, 16:45, Sean Caron wrote:

...
  I've actually got the software, already, though.
It turns out that Cayman
 has it
 available on their FTP site for free now, along with the software-unlock
 passwords (which are on their web site). 
I'm told by a colleague that ome of the later versions are actually
inferior to 2.x -- he said there was some problem in later versions that
made the GatorBox run out of memory after a while.

...
  The problem with my particular GatorBox is that the
former users of it had
...
  set a password on it which makes it so that I cannot
reconfigure the
 GatorBox using the GatorConfig (if I remember correctly) utility. It asks
 for the password before saving the configuration, which I do not have.

 Apparently, Cayman used to have some sort of back-door for getting
 back into locked GatorBoxes, but it says on their web site specifically
 that they are no longer offering lock-out support for them, which is
 kind of a shame, since they are extremely useful boxes. 
It's listed in the Hardware Manual (and mentioned no a couple of web
sites). You connect a terminal (or PC or Mac) to the serial port (VT100,
9600 baud, 8N1), set the Ethernet switch to "test", power the GatorBox, and
you should get a menu.  Select the code memory test, which wipes all the
settings.  However, you will need to re-install the GatorShare software
afterwards, which will require a Mac and a "download server" (could be a
TFTP server).

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York