On 22 Jul, AJ wrote:
> Hello knowledgeable ones,
>
>
> quick question, just installed a couple linux boxes with 3com 3c905b
> TX NIC's
> it is a 10/100 card and they are plugged into a 10/100 hub
> there are other machines that register the green light for 100Mbit, but
> these boxes are still on the yellow light for 10Mbit
>
> to the best of my knowledge the card should autonegotiate the speed and
> there are no jumpers or anything on the card
>
> conf.modules:
> alias eth0 3c59x
>
You must have a 3Com Office Connect hub.. ;-)
Same problem here until:
alias eth0 3c59x
options -k 3c59x debug=3 options=8 full_duplex=0
Hmmm... now that it works I can take out debug.
>
> got this from the dmesg:
> 3c59x.c:v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xb000, 00:50:04:d3:6a:42, IRQ 11
>
> 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/NWay Autonegotiation
> interface.
> Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
>
>
> other than not registering 100Mbit all networking is fine.
>
> aj
>
-- dave
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