[vortex] 3C905C-TXM with Intel 460T Switch - cant get 100baseTx-* to work

[Donald Becker]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Bartlomiej Zarzecki wrote:

> I've just bought some 3c905C-TXM and I began to test them with my
> linux box. The linux box is connected to an Intel 460T switch.
> 
> I am using kernel 2.2.16.
> The driver version is 3x59x.c:v0.99Ra 8/7/2000 Donald Becker
> when I go down to 10Mbps/Full-Duplex - I can finnally ping other
> computers.

Are you certain that your cable is UTP and paired correctly?

10baseT will work over anything (see the joke RFC for Ethernet over barbed
wire), while 100baseTx requires careful wiring.  The pairing for twisted
pair is not the obvious 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, 7&8.  It is 1&2, 3&6, 4&5, 7&8.

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