[vortex-bug] Re: 3c59x 0.99H and 3c905B (Cyclone) problems

[Sergei Haller]

On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Bob Ramstad wrote:

> Paul Claessen suggested to check that the card is properly configured
> for auto-negotiating using 3c90xcfg.exe that came with the card.  I
> have not done this, but /var/log/messages contains:

I would suggest nearly the same: run the 3c90xcfg.exe and set 

  directly to 100Mbps/full-duplex (if you are connected to a switch)
           or 100Mbps/half-duplex (if you are connected to a hub) 

We had similar problem with 3com-cards: auto-negotiating did not work.

c ya
        Sergei

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