No link beat

[Michael J. Kiefte]

I'm getting these messages at boot up with my DEC tulip based SMC
EtherPower ethernet card.

Nov  3 10:27:13 localhost kernel: tulip.c:v0.88 4/7/98
becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
Nov  3 10:27:13 localhost kernel: eth0: Digital DS21140 Tulip at 0xd800, 
00 e0 29 00 cc b3, IRQ 11.
Nov  3 10:27:13 localhost kernel: eth0:  EEPROM default media type 
Autosense.
Nov  3 10:27:13 localhost kernel: eth0:  Index #0 - Media MII (#11) 
described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block.
Nov  3 10:27:13 localhost kernel: eth0:  MII transceiver found at MDIO
address 3, config 3100 status 7849.
Nov  3 10:27:13 localhost kernel: eth0: No link beat on the MII interface,
status then 7849 now 7849.
Nov  3 10:27:13 localhost kernel: eth0: No link beat on the MII interface,
status then 7849 now 7849.

I started getting similar error messages in the messages log file about
the same time that a hub blew. The hub has been replaced, but I'm getting
the same error messages. Could I also have a problem with the ethernet
card? Could this be the result of a power surge? No other ethernet cards
on the LAN are suffering problems, however. Any suggestions?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Michael Kiefte
Department of Linguistics
University of Alberta