3c905B card do want to play with me at 100Mb

[Finbarr O'Kane - netsoc Sysadmin]

Ove Ewerlid wrote:

> Fabrice Piccinali wrote:
> >
> > I have a 3c905B card who does not want to play at 100M.
> > When i boot the computer the 100-led is on, but a few second later it
> > switchs to 10.
> >
> > My linuxbox is connected to a 3COM Superstack 2 Switch 3300.
> >
> > I have kernel 2.0.30 from slackware and 3c59x.c version 0.99F.
> >
> > how can i speed my network ?
> > Thanks to anyone who can help me ...
>
> This yields a working full duplex connection for me with 3c905B cards:
>
> /sbin/insmod 3c59x options=25 full_duplex=1 debug=1
>
> If you see the source you'll find that the options value 25 does not
> make sense.
> But it works!
> (The debug flag is probably not necessary, I have not tried to remove
> it.)
>
> Ove
>
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Hi

In Re: to this thread, does anyone know offhand how one would pass these
arguements via /etc/lilo.conf for the 3c59x driver when it is compiled
into the kernel?

I have a 3c905 card in a 2.1.120 kernel which says it is autonegotiating
but will not go to full duplex even when talking to a 3com switch 3000
which /should/ work

The best I can figure it is doing is some variation of 100mbit half duplex 

thanks

fin