[vortex] 3c900 -COMBO Media Type Problems

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Donald Becker wrote:

> > 3) Use vortex-diag. I use "vortex-diag -F 10baseT"  doesn't change,
> > even if I try to set it to 10base2 which I know won't work, it still
> > doesn't change.
>
> The media setting code isn't including in the released vortex-diag program.

Why not using mii-diag ? It's more-or-less specifically designed for media
handling.

You might also have some luck by running the DOS-based setup program. My
guess is that you have the card's EEPROM set to something like "force
100MBit" or "force full-duplex".

Sincerely,

Bogdan Costescu

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