Problems getting 905b-tx into 100BaseT

Serge Ivanoff SergeIV@mail.admiral.ru
Tue Apr 13 02:11:07 1999


>On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, chris macLean wrote:
>
>> I am trying to get my 3C905B-TX into 100BaseT mode and am having little
>> success.  When the machine POSTS, the 100Mb/s light on my hub and machine
>> both are lit.  Once the kernel loads the module 3c59x, the light switches
>> to 10Mb/s on both.

3com 16750 (Dual Speed Hub) + 3com905B-TX (rev 0)

>You have some software setting that is forcing the transceiver type to
>100baseTx-Symbol-Mode, which isn't the correct setting for the Cyclone.

What software setting?

>You should be using the default setting, which is Autonegotiate, unless you
>have a card with a BNC connector in which case you may also use the 10base2
>override.


I'm using default setting...
Where is trouble?