Robert Fox wrote:
>
> I have a Mandrake 6.0 install on a system with a 3com 3c905b (Vortex)
> card.
>
> It seems to boot up fine, but I can't ping to it from outside
> (crossover cable from a Win98 box).
>
> When I check the IFCONFIG, it states:
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:4B:B3:79:4D
> inet addr:169.254.55.105 Bcast:169.254.255.255
> Mask:255.255.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:9 Base address:0x1480
>
> The other card can autosense 10 or 100 mbit connection, but for some
> reason I get no link status light. Both cards and machines talk to
> eachother when using Windows (98 & NT) using the same crossover cable
> - so it's not hardware.
Check to see if Windows is using 100Mbit while Linux is running 10Mbit
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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