[eepro100] Problems connecting Ether Express Cards to switch

[D. Sen]

Donald Becker wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, D. Sen wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have three computers in my local home network. Two of them have Intel 
>>Ethernet PCI cards (a desktop and a laptop) that refuses to talk to an 
>>external switch.
>>
>>I have tried two switches now (an 8 port Linksys and an 8 port Netgear). 
>>The third computer which has a 3Com NIC works fine with the switches. 
>>Also, all three NICs work fine with a hub. So....its something specific 
>>to the interface between the EE Pro cards and the switch.
> 
> 
> What does 'mii-diag' report?

Here is the output from running "mii-diag -v eth0" on the laptop:
===================================================================
mii-diag.c:v2.06 8/7/2002 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
  http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
   Using the new SIOCGMIIPHY value on PHY 1 (BMCR 0x3100).
  The autonegotiated capability is 01e0.
The autonegotiated media type is 100baseTx-FD.
  Basic mode control register 0x3100: Auto-negotiation enabled.
  You have link beat, and everything is working OK.
    This transceiver is capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 
10baseT.
    Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation complete.
  Your link partner advertised 45e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 
10baseT-FD 10baseT, w/ 802.3X flow control.
    End of basic transceiver information.

  MII PHY #1 transceiver registers:
    3100 782d 02a8 0330 05e1 45e1 0001 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    2a07 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000.
  Basic mode control register 0x3100: Auto-negotiation enabled.
  Basic mode status register 0x782d ... 782d.
    Link status: established.
    Capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
    Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation complete.
  Vendor ID is 00:aa:00:--:--:--, model 51 rev. 0.
    No specific information is known about this transceiver type.
  I'm advertising 05e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 
10baseT
    Advertising no additional info pages.
    IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD protocol.
  Link partner capability is 45e1: Flow-control 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 
10baseT-FD 10baseT.
    Negotiation  completed.


> 
> 
>>Is this a FAQ? I tried looking through the recent archives but failed to 
>>find the answer.
> 
> 
> No, this is a very uncommon problem.
> The closest problem is DHCP failing due to autonegotiation delays, which
> will have the effect of the network being unreachable.
> 


Ahhh well this would seem to be my problem too. How do I resolve it? The 
biggest
problem is with the laptop since the ethernet card is integrated into 
it. (I can always
change the NIC on the desktop)

Thanks.

-- 
D. Sen, PhD
http://www.auditorymodels.org/~dsen