Re: Locking Network At 100base T

["Wilson Tuma" <wilson@douala1.com>]

Thanks


I  added options=12  while configuring the card driver using modconf and it
works great.

Thanks a lot

WFT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Enrico Rossi" <e.rossi@adgb.df.unibo.it>
To: "Wilson Tuma" <wilson@douala1.com>
Cc: <>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 5:05 AM
Subject: Re: Locking Network At 100base T


>
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Wilson Tuma wrote:
>
> > my network runs on 3com 3c905b-Tx Cards (does dual speed 10/100).  as
well as 3coms superstack II dual speed hub. But I have never suceeded in
making the network run at 100base T. Is there a way using debian to lock the
speed of the network cards at 100base T?
>
> Yes, if you don't set anything the dual speed net card and the hub work in
> 10 Mbps.
> If you are using external module for the net card (3c59x.o) then you must
> add and option=12 in /etc/modules (deb 2.1 stable) or where you load that
> module!
> If you have compiled-in kernel module then you must specify that options
> in lilo.conf.
>
> >From vortex.txt in the kernel doc.
> **********************************
>
> 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.
> *************************************************
>
>
> Hope this help
>
> Bye
>
>
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