16 Apr
2006
16 Apr
'06
3:33 p.m.
On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 19:41 -0500, Ryan Lum wrote:
Is the ethernet port in question connect to a switch? Might try forcing the port on the switch to 10 Mbit full duplex. If it is on default the switch will negotiate the speed.
Not if it's an old 3Com 3C509. They don't negotiate. I have a few of those I use with an unmanaged switch. I was planning on someday seeing if just forcing them to full duplex would work (hoping the switch was smart enough to recognize the need: decent SMC with auto wire adjust , etc., so I'm hopeful). I "programmed" the eproms, but the Linux drivers, in their infinate wisdom, force them back to half duplex. *sigh*.
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Bill