[vortex] Connection to 100megabit linksys switch flakey

[John Post]

OK,  Let me try this again.  I have made sure that I am connected to the
linksys switch.  No forcing of the connection, just moved the wire from
one switch to the other.

Here is the new output from the mii-tool -v command:


sh-2.05a# mii-tool -v
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
  product info: vendor 00:10:5a, model 0 rev 0
  basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
  basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
  capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
  advertising:  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
flow-control
  link partner: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
flow-control
eth1: no link
  product info: vendor 00:10:5a, model 0 rev 0
  basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
  basic status: no link
  capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
  advertising:  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
flow-control






John Post             | Email: johnp@marine-boy.nu

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Bogdan Costescu wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, John Post wrote:
>
> > ...connecting my linux machine to a 100 megabit Linksys switch.
> > ...
> >   link partner: 10baseT-HD
>
> These 2 statements somehow come into contradiction. The card does not
> sense that the switch is capable of 100Mbit and duplex. Have you tried to
> force media in any way for this mii-tool output ?
>
> > eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82.
>
> Media error, in agreement with the above.
>
> > Oct 11 15:46:14 sid mii-tool: eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
> > Oct 11 15:46:15 sid mii-tool: eth0: no link
>
> But this makes it similar to other reports seen lately. Can you try to
> turn off any kind of power management that you might be using ? Something
> like passing "acpi=off apm=off" on the kernel command line in the lilo or
> grub config file...
>
> --
> Bogdan Costescu
>
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