Re: Locking Network At 100base T

[webmaster@euronetwork.com]

> This document describes the usage and errata of the 3Com "Vortex" device
> driver for Linux.
> 
> This driver supports the following hardware:
>         3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597
> 
> When loaded as a module the following variables may be set:
>  name    type   description
>  debug   int    The debug message level, 0 (no messages) to 6 (wordy).
>  options int[]  The media type override and card operation settings
>                 (See list below.)
> 
> An example of loading the vortex module is
>         insmod 3c59x.o debug=1 options=0,,12
> This sets the debug message level to minimal messages, sets the first card
> to
> the 10baseT transceiver, the second to the EEPROM-set transceiver, and the
> third card to operate in full-duplex mode using its 100baseTx transceiver.
> (Note: card ordering is set by the PCI BIOS.)
> 
> Possible media type settings
>         0       10baseT
>         1       10Mbs AUI
>         2       undefined
>         3       10base2 (BNC)
>         4       100base-TX
>         5       100base-FX
>         6       MII (not yet available)
>         7       <Use default setting>
> 
>         8       Full-duplex bit
>         8       10baseT full-duplex
>         12      100baseTx full-duplex
>         16      Bus-master enable bit (experimental use only!)
> 
> Details of the device driver implementation are at the top of the source
> file.
> *************************************************
Are these media type settings valid only for 3COM-NIC or also for other
NIC's such as Asante for example?

Uwe