Thanks guys... "W. Paul Mills" wrote:
> Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : I got the 3Com 3C905C-TXM last week in > : a new Dell computer. > > :> The 3c59x module that comes with the standard kernel did not do > :> 100mbit/s full duplex connections for me. 3Coms own 3c90x > :> module does, so I believe it to be better :) > > : How does one find out? > > The easy way is to look at the lights on your network hub/switch. Which made me think... There's a light indicator on the card next to the cable connector. It shows 100. However, I see this occasionally in /var/log/debug : eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82. Anything to worry about? Thanks for the help! -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/