Dell OptiPlex GX1p network connectivity

[Hirson, Guy]

Donald,

Thanks for that. I have network connectivity again :-) I don't claim to
understand why it worked before, though.

Regards,
Guy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Becker [mailto:becker@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov]
> Sent: 30 June 1999 21:41
> To: Hirson, Guy
> Cc: 'Vortex bug-list'
> Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex GX1p network connectivity
> 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Hirson, Guy wrote:
> 
> > I have a Dell OptiPlex GX1p (Intel Pentium II/450 system 
> with 256MB RAM and
> > integrated 3COM 3C905B network adaptor - ostensibly, 
> anyway). Dell UK deny
> ...
> > I had similar problems with Redhat 5.2 and more - when I 
> got it going, it
> > was only in 10MBit mode. I fixed that by forcing 100BaseTx mode in
> > /etc/conf.modules. This configuration still exists, but I 
> am still not
> > getting connectivity in 6.0.
> 
> Do not force 100baseTx-SYM with the 3c905B Cyclone card.  
> That transceiver
> type doesn't exist on the Cyclone, and so the chip is forced 
> into 10baseT
> mode.
> 
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