[vortex] Linux network problem - 3Comm driver

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Robert Penny E (EAB) wrote:

> The symptom is extremely slow throughput; for example during FTP
> of large files, the rate is under 20 kB/sec.

>From your description, the problem is related to autonegotiation or 
rather lack of. Please use mii-tool or mii-diag (from 
ftp.scyld.com/pub/diag) to see what the state of the link is.
You could also use vortex-diag (from the same ftp location) to see what 
the default media settings are in the EEPROM. If not set to 
autonegotiation, you should change it.

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Bogdan Costescu

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