Re: Integrated Broadcom nic on Dell times out with dhcp
> and get a DHCP address, but the network remains broken with errors such as:
> b44: eth0: Link is down
> b44: eth0: Link is up at 10 Mbps, half duplex.
> b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
[...]
> Using the default interface 'eth0'.
> Basic registers of MII PHY #1: 1000 782d 0040 6360 0de1 0021 0004 2001.
> Basic mode control register 0x1000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
> You have link beat, and everything is working OK.
> Your link partner is generating 10baseT link beat (no autonegotiation).
> End of basic transceiver information.
Have you tried using mii-tool to set speed and duplex, rather than
letting it get auto-negotiated? The description above says "(no
autonegotiation)" but you've got auto-negotiation enabled for the
card.
Some device/card combos work well with auto-negotiation enabled, and
others work horribly. Maybe setting it yourself would help. (Which
to set it to is probably a matter of trial and error; there are only
four combos.)
HTH,
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Pete Harlan
harlan@artselect.com
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