On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 12:41:04PM -0500, Blair Sadewitz wrote: > IT WORKS NOW! > > The problem was one or more of the following: > > --The hardware has problems communicating with certain [half-duplex] > 10Base-T devices. > --The driver has issues with [half-duplex] 10-BaseT devices. > --My half-duplex 10BaseT hub is bad. > > Has anyone here used--especially on an Asus NForce4-based > motherboard--the nfe(4) driver to communicate with a half-duplex > 10BaseT device? When I tried to use it with my half-duplex 10BT hub, > only the orange/amber solid link light (don't know if this is normal > or not) would stay on. Plugged into a 100BaseT hub, both lights are > on, and the other light blinks with activity (oh, rapture!). > > I do not have any other 10BaseT devices, so I cannot diagnose this > problem further. > > Thanks to all who helped me,
This is not an nfe problem at all, it is a problem with the physical layer handling which in your case is done via eephy(4).

