Gordon Charrick wrote:
> I'm installing RH7.2 on a Dell PowerEdge 1650 server. It's got a 
> dual-port Intel gigabit ethernet installed. Redhat installs fine and it 
> identifies the two nics as e1000's and loads the module. I'm testing and 
> installing it connected to a 100Mbit network jack. I add the following 
> line to /etc/modules.conf to force the card to 100/full duplex:
> 
> options e1000 Duplex=2,2 Speed=100,100
> 
> After rebooting, the messages show that the card is forced to 100/full. 
> The problem is that about 1 minute after touching the network the 
> adapter dies (that's about 100 pings or so). I'm thinking it might be 
> either the driver needs updating or the kernel needs updating. Has 
> anyone gotten 7.2 to work with an Intel e1000 successfully? Did you have 
> to do anything special?
> 
> 
> 
I ended up building an updated driver from Intel. Works fine now.



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