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Re: Auto 10/100Mb Negotiation falling back to 10 on 100 network



On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 07:43:26AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a strange problem. On my 100Mb network (100Mb switch, Cat5
> cabling, etc.), my network card keeps falling from 100Mb during system
> boot, to 10Mb after networking stuff is loaded in Debian Unstable. During
> bootup, everything is fine. Then suddenly, when the networking code is
> loaded, the 10Mb led shows up on the network card, and the connection
> falls back.
> 
> Do you know where I should start to look for problems? I've tried
> switching network cards, but that hasn't solved a thing. Also tried
> different PCI ports. No go.
> 
> Any ideas? What should I start looking for? My other computers have
> absolutely no problem (running stable).
try the mii-tool thing from net-tools package if your nic is
miibus-based (try it :), it has some nice features to monitor
autonegotiation stuff, and to force to a specified speed

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