Re: 10/100Base-T Questiones

[dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

I have an SMC ethernet card with this chipset.  Mine autosenses, with a
catch:
   The linux driver settings defaults to 10baseT.  So when I load the
driver on a 100mb line, it will only change (autosense) once I send out
some type of network traffic.  So in my /etc/init.d/network I have it ping
the gateway once, just so it will switch... because one time I
rebooted my machine remotely from home, and then could not connect
to my machine at work!  (hate when that happens)

Adding the ping fixes this problem, and have had no problems with it.

Thanks,
Dennis
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On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Kevin Traas wrote:

> I'm in the process of putting together a system for demo purposes and I
> would like to include a 10/100Base-T PCI network card that will
> automatically sense and switch to 10 or 100 Mbps at boot time.  (Depending
> on the network at a client's location.)
> 
> Will cards based on the DEC 21140 chipset do this or does the speed have to
> be set manually in a config file somewhere?
> 
> If this chipset/driver can't do it, do you know of one that can?
> 
> Regards,
> Kevin Traas
> 
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