On June 29, 2005 14:09, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > Another thing to try is to add the following line to > > your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file: > > > > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no > > > > Even without the double negative, I have no idea what this does, but it's > > necessary for certain ethernet cards. I need it for my on-board ethernet > > under Mdk 10.1 (and when I was searching for the solution, I saw > > references to older versions of Mdk also needing this). I have a Via > > VT6102 [Rhine II 10/100] built in to a Soyo SY-KT600 DRAGON Plus v.2.0 > > motherboard. > > When it is set to yes, what this does is turn off the detection of the > ethernet cable being unpluged. Some cards do not support detection of > the "link beat" that says the connection is up. If the driver reports > that it lost the network connection, instead of reporting that it can > not detect a network connection, the connection is disabled. > > Your network should work with it set to yes, even if you card does > support it - you just lose the ability to detect if the network is > unplugged. It has no affect on weather the network card is detected in > the first place... > > Mikkel
Well, regardless of what it should or should not do, the NIC does _not_ work without the above line. The same has been reported for other cards as well (see google for details). I can't remember the exact symptoms, I just remember that this was the solution. -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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