On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 13:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HELP! > > This is driving me absolutely positively mad. > > I have a Netgear F? 310TX network card, which is a PNIC 82c168 (tulip clone). > > I *cannot* get this card to run reliably on the latest Debian stable > (2.2.Rev4).
As you note, these are common cards, and the tulip is by far the best widespread ethernet controller. So, why are you having problems with yours? :) I'm using these cards in machines running 2.4 without problems. The only thing that strikes me about your problem is that it seems related to autonegotiation of speed and duplex settings. I presume that your card is attached to an autonegotiating switch. If so, try disabling the autonegotiation and lock the port at 100, full duplex. If the switch cannot do that, lock your NIC to 100, full duplex. I think you can use module parameters for this. I don't think there is any reason to go with old_tulip; the new driver is fine. If it is possible, go with the latest kernel revision (2.4.14). There is a linux-tulip mailing list if you get really frustrated. -jwb tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 3100 status 7829 advertising 01e1. eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 32 at 0xc000, 00:C0:F0:4F:0E:24, IRQ 12.
