100baseTx-FD problem with 21143

mark@lightning.cistron.nl mark@lightning.cistron.nl
Fri Nov 26 19:46:59 1999


Hi.

On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Wolfgang Walter wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 12:01:16PM +0100, mark@lightning.cistron.nl wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Yesterday I made a testsetup with a 3com 8 port Officeconnect switch and some
> > Linux PC's. Two of the PC's have 100Mbit cards, one is a 3com 905 and the other
> > a Tulip 21143 (unknown brand). The 3com works perfectly at 100Mbit full duplex.
> > But the Tulip has problems. The switch gives both full duplex and 100Mbit
> > link lights, but when I try to transfer data it is very slow. When I force the
> > tulip into half dulpex mode it works great.
> > 
> > Here some stats:
> > 
> 
> Which driver do you use? I head similar problems with drivers 0.89H, too.
> Indeed, the driver didn't really put the card to FD-mode with flow-control.

I'm using driver:

Nov 26 11:52:26 localhost kernel: tulip.c:v0.91 4/14/99 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov

Bye,

Mark
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