Yes, it's a 2.4.9 kernel on both machines with the included natsemi driver. dmesg reports much the same for both machines: eth0: link is back. Enabling watchdog. eth0: Setting full-duplex based on negotiated link capability. eth0: Link changed: Autonegotiation advertising 05e1 partner 0000. eth0: no link. Disabling watchdog. eth0: Link changed: Autonegotiation advertising 05e1 partner 45e1. eth0: link is back. Enabling watchdog. I'll replace the driver with the one from scyld.com - it's just a matter of physically over writing /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/natsemi.c with the new one right? Thanks, Matthew On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 01:41:59PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 06:36:05PM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > I've just set up a 100TX network with 2 computer both running debian. > > Netgear FA311 cards and a single cross-over cable. > > What version of the kernel are you running? If it's 2.4, are you > running the natsemi driver included with the kernel, or did you download > it from scyld.com? If you're running the version that came with the > kernel, try replacing it with the one from > http://www.scyld.com/network/netsemi.html. The one in the kernel is > based on that driver, but has been modified. You may have more success > with the original. > > Also, use dmesg and see if anything is being logged by the kernel > relating to these issues. I've seen some IRQ problems with the > natsemi-based cards. > > noah > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ > | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing It said 'Required Windows XP or better.' So I installed Linux.
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