[vortex] Connection to 100megabit linksys switch flakey

[John Post]

I have added the following to my lilo.conf file:
  append="acpi=off apm=off"

I have recompiled lilo and reooted my machine.


I still get the following if I perform a mmi-tool -w command and
try a simple ftp transfer:

13:18:22 eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
13:19:17 eth0: no link
13:19:18 eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
13:19:39 eth0: no link
13:19:42 eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
13:19:45 eth0: no link
13:19:48 eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
13:23:33 eth0: no link
13:23:35 eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
13:23:36 eth0: no link


It remains very slow and connections still drop.  My nfs mounts are even
being affected.



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

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Bogdan Costescu wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, John Post wrote:
>
> > eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
> > ...
> >   link partner: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
> > flow-control
>
> OK, not it's completely different. It shows that both ends use
> autonegotiation; that the card was able to sense the capabilities of the
> switch and that the both agreed on using 100Mbit full-duplex.
>
> So, please go on with my suggestion of disabling power management...
>
> --
> Bogdan Costescu
>
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