[vortex] Problem - Advice

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Fabio Gianfranco D'Alleva wrote:

> I have installed XP and Red Hat 8 on a Dell i8200 Laptop.
> 
> I am experiencing problem with my NIC under Linux and suspect that
> there could be a bug in the driver. I am using DHCP to obtain an ip
> address. When I ping, packets are not Received 100%, there is a loss. 

What does /proc/net/dev report?

> If I check the driver settings under XP, it is set to "Autonegotiate".
> 
> I think this has to do with Duplexing. I tried to use mii-tool to set
> the Duplex mode. I have also tried set the driver Duplex under XP to
> "Half". This does not work. 

What does 'mii-diag' report?

> NIC Details :
> 
> Internal 10/100 Ethernet (Integrated on motherboard as standard)
> 3Com 3C920 10/100 Base-TX
> 32 bits
> 10 & 100 Mbps

What driver version are you using?
What is the driver detection message?

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