[ale] ethernet switch issues

Michael Curtis sxycsuguy at earthlink.net
Wed Jun 13 17:40:28 EDT 2001


The driver that I ended up with is part of a zip file on their site.  They
make no mention of it being included but it's there.  Funny thing is I just
had to put in a new Kingston that also runs off of the tulip.o mod.
-----Original Message-----
From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] ethernet switch issues


>I am continuing to research this, suspecting that the linksys card is
>the problem.  I downloaded the tulip-diag program and it appears to
>indicate that the card is not going to full-duplex.  Yet, if I attempt
>to force it that way by adding options to /etc/modules.conf or to the
>command line 'insmod' of tulip.o, I can't seem to change the duplex
>mode.
>
>It also appears that I'm running the latest greatest tulip driver as
>well.
>
>Further suggestions would be appreciated, I'm likely to switch the card
>with another, or pick up another netgear card.  If I can't get two
>netgear cards to work with a netgear switch, then the switch goes back.
>
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