Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Ted Deppner
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:21:21PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:25:14AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > > port after around 5-10 minutes, and said it shut the port down due to > > "conflict". Thats it. Thats all it said (oh how helpful). This is a Cisco > > switch btw. > > Can y

RE: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Jeff S Wheeler
Duehr Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 12:24 AM To: Jeff S Wheeler Cc: Jason Lim; debian-isp@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 05:09:55PM -0400, Jeff S Wheeler wrote: > I suggest you spend 39$ on an Intel eepro100

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:21:21PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:25:14AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > > > Heres an interesting thing I tried. The cards came with a software disk > > (needed msdos to boot) that allowed me to switch between 10Mb, 100Mb, and > > Auto-neg. The car

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Nate Duehr
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 05:09:55PM -0400, Jeff S Wheeler wrote: > I suggest you spend 39$ on an Intel eepro100 (z-buy.com, think shipping on > those cards is free) and give it a try. I'm betting it will also fail to > work in this machine, and you'll discover the problem is physical plant > relate

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:25:14AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > Heres an interesting thing I tried. The cards came with a software disk > (needed msdos to boot) that allowed me to switch between 10Mb, 100Mb, and > Auto-neg. The cards are set by default to Auto-neg, as they should be. I > FORCED it to

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Doug Alcorn
"Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please... ANY suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated. If you wanted to eliminate all possibilities, put one of your potato boxes on the same cable as the "bad" box. That would make sure you don't have some odd cabling/bad port on the switch.

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Ted Deppner
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:21:21PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:25:14AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > > port after around 5-10 minutes, and said it shut the port down due to > > "conflict". Thats it. Thats all it said (oh how helpful). This is a Cisco > > switch btw. > > Can

RE: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Jeff S Wheeler
Nate Duehr Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 12:24 AM To: Jeff S Wheeler Cc: Jason Lim; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 05:09:55PM -0400, Jeff S Wheeler wrote: > I suggest you spend 39$ on an Intel eepro100 (z-buy.

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:21:21PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:25:14AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > > > Heres an interesting thing I tried. The cards came with a software disk > > (needed msdos to boot) that allowed me to switch between 10Mb, 100Mb, and > > Auto-neg. The ca

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Nate Duehr
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 05:09:55PM -0400, Jeff S Wheeler wrote: > I suggest you spend 39$ on an Intel eepro100 (z-buy.com, think shipping on > those cards is free) and give it a try. I'm betting it will also fail to > work in this machine, and you'll discover the problem is physical plant > relat

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:25:14AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > Heres an interesting thing I tried. The cards came with a software disk > (needed msdos to boot) that allowed me to switch between 10Mb, 100Mb, and > Auto-neg. The cards are set by default to Auto-neg, as they should be. I > FORCED it t

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-16 Thread Doug Alcorn
"Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Please... ANY suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated. If you wanted to eliminate all possibilities, put one of your potato boxes on the same cable as the "bad" box. That would make sure you don't have some odd cabling/bad port on the switch.

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Duane Powers
Jason Lim wrote: Well, here is the stupid and interesting thing. I've got more than 5 boxes here, all using the SAME realtek cards. Now if it was some negotiation error between card and switch, then it, in theory, should occur with all of them. Also, I mentioned that I had SWITCH cards around, so a

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jason Lim
;Jeff S Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:09 AM Subject: RE: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network > I suggest you spend 39$ on an Intel eepro100 (z-buy.com, think shipping on &

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jason Lim
Good questions... answered individually below: - Original Message - From: "Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:03 AM Subject: Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network > > Please... ANY suggestions and

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Duane Powers
Jason Lim wrote: > Well, here is the stupid and interesting thing. > > I've got more than 5 boxes here, all using the SAME realtek cards. Now if > it was some negotiation error between card and switch, then it, in theory, > should occur with all of them. Also, I mentioned that I had SWITCH cards

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jason Lim
m: "Jeff S Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:09 AM Subject: RE: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network > I suggest you spend 39$ on an Intel eepro100 (z-buy.com

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jason Lim
Good questions... answered individually below: - Original Message - From: "Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:03 AM Subject: Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network > > Please

RE: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jeff S Wheeler
01 4:25 PM To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network Well, here is the stupid and interesting thing. I've got more than 5 boxes here, all using the SAME realtek cards. Now if it was some negotiation error between card and switch, th

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Tech Support
> Please... ANY suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure you've already tried these but: Are you sure it is not a noisy cable problem? - Try a different cable - Try a crossover cable directly from card to card to eliminate the possibility of a card to switch problem. - You

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jason Lim
Well, here is the stupid and interesting thing. I've got more than 5 boxes here, all using the SAME realtek cards. Now if it was some negotiation error between card and switch, then it, in theory, should occur with all of them. Also, I mentioned that I had SWITCH cards around, so a functioning car

RE: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jeff S Wheeler
, 2001 4:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network Well, here is the stupid and interesting thing. I've got more than 5 boxes here, all using the SAME realtek cards. Now if it was some negotiation error between card and switch, then it, in

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Tech Support
> Please... ANY suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure you've already tried these but: Are you sure it is not a noisy cable problem? - Try a different cable - Try a crossover cable directly from card to card to eliminate the possibility of a card to switch problem. - You

Re: Auto 10/100Mb card fallback from 100 to 10 on 100Mb network

2001-04-15 Thread Jason Lim
Well, here is the stupid and interesting thing. I've got more than 5 boxes here, all using the SAME realtek cards. Now if it was some negotiation error between card and switch, then it, in theory, should occur with all of them. Also, I mentioned that I had SWITCH cards around, so a functioning ca