[svlug] Re: NetGear and 100BaseT on 2.2.16-pre2
Paul Keser
paulk at shopexpert.com
Mon May 22 10:07:38 PDT 2000
That sounds like a copout to me. I've never heard that one before...even
when I was supporting switches & hubs at 3Com.
Fast ethernet be sure you have good cable (CAT5) & no split pairs (1-2,
3-6), 10BT you can run on almost anything but it is still better to have
CAT5 and of course no split pairs.
What does /proc/pci say regarding the NIC? Does it identify it or say
something link unknown tulip...I will see if I can get my /proc/pci & email
it to you for comparison. Might not be able to until tonight though.
You said it worked with windows didn't you? That would seem to preclude a
hardware incompatibility.
-PaulK
You can take the engineer out of tech support but you can't take tech
support out of the engineer...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris at rnd-consulting.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 9:45 AM
> To: Paul Keser
> Cc: 'Robert L. Harris'; svlug at svlug.org
> Subject: Re: [svlug] Re: NetGear and 100BaseT on 2.2.16-pre2
>
>
>
>
>
> Ok,
> It appears I've found the problem. LinkSys, the maker of
> the Switch changed
> their power supply, atleast according to NetGear. There's
> not enough voltage
> to light up the netgear cards, or some such garbage. The odd
> part is that
> 1 of my 3 cards works fine.
>
> Robert
>
>
> Thus spake Paul Keser (paulk at shopexpert.com):
>
> > When you were getting the tulip diagnostic did you get the
> latest tulip
> > driver as well and install that? I had similar problems
> with a Linksys
> > 10/100 (also tulip) and when I installed the new drive it
> worked flawlessly.
> > I believe the second NIC in the machine is a NetGear.
> Didn't have any
> > problems installing it because I installed the Linksys first.
> >
> > I don't know about NetGear but I was pleasantly surprised
> Linksys had Linux
> > tech support 6 mos ago.
> >
> > -PaulK
> >
> > *********************************************
> > Paul Keser
> > Network Security Engineer
> > paulk at shopexpert.com
> > tel: 415.351.4037
> > fax: 415.474.6017
> >
> > ShopExpert.com
> > 1375 Sutter Street, Suite 400
> > San Francisco, CA 94109
> > *********************************************
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris at rnd-consulting.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 3:18 PM
> > > To: Prasanth Kumar
> > > Cc: svlug at svlug.org
> > > Subject: Re: [svlug] Re: NetGear and 100BaseT on 2.2.16-pre2
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I did get it, and I've been talking with Donald Becker. Very
> > > brief, but
> > > also very helpful. I put 98 on one of my machines. The card
> > > looks good
> > > in 98, but I still don't get link. I pulled the card,
> and put in a
> > > 3Com 595TX which will do 10/100. On the same switch port
> and cable it
> > > links up at 100, just not full duplex.
> > >
> > > I'll be calling netgear first thing tomorrow morning.
> > >
> > > Thus spake Prasanth Kumar (kumar1 at home.com):
> > >
> > > > "Robert L. Harris" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok,
> > > > > I have 3 machines with NetGear 10/100TX cards. 2 are
> > > running 2.2.16-pre2
> > > > > and the Third is running 2.3.99-pre8 (need usb). One of
> > > the 2.2.16 machines
> > > > > can detect the 100Mb switch and works great. The other
> > > won't detect the 100,
> > > > > and I can't even get link at 10Mb. I've changed ports
> > > and cables and nothing
> > > > > will change, the second machine still can't give link.
> > > The 2.3.99 machine
> > > > > give the same behavior. Help?
> > > > >
> > > > > Robert
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > If you haven't already, goto http://www.scyld.com/diag/
> and get the
> > > > tulip diagnostic
> > > > utility by Donald Becker. That and the mii-diag tool he has
> > > can provide
> > > > some useful
> > > > diagnostic info about the hardware.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Prasanth Kumar
> > > > kumar1 at home.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > :wq!
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> :wq!
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
> Robert L. Harris | Microso~1 :
> Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability
> at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't
> \_ that important!
> DISCLAIMER:
> These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else.
> FYI:
> perl -e 'print
> $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
>
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