Have you tried forcing the media type to 100/full using ifconfig? Also try specifying auto just to see what happens. I have had 3com cards (among others) that sometimes will do that, and they just need to be told what to do.
- Ralph On 25 Oct 2001, Woody Green wrote: > I have two different types of cards (realtek using the 8139too driver > and an intel using the eepro100 driver) that only work when attached to > 10Mbit hubs. Attach them to 100Mbit switches and they quit working with > no apparent errors. > > It would seem to be in the network subsystem of the kernel or in a part > of the driver common to all affected cards I've tried. I've swapped > absolutely everything (different mainboards, replaced initially > installed network cards, different switches, wires, etc...) and > duplicated the results on someone else's machines and network. The only > commonality is that all machines were using various AMD processors and > use MDK 8.1 tried with both the stock 2.4.8-26mdk and cooker's > 2.4.12-3mdk kernels. > > Anyone else have this problem and/or a possible solution? This is > unfortunately a show stopper. I was about to upgrade our office's 8.0 > machines (workstations and server) to 8.1 when this problem arose. > > -- > Woody ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Gatewood Green Web Developer > http://www.linux.org/ The first stop for Linux info on the Net > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------- > All opinions expressed by me are my own and not necessarily > endorsed by Linux Online, Inc. or Linux Headquarters, Inc. > > >
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