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Date:      Mon, 18 May 1998 14:27:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DEC 21140 NIC not auto-resetting
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518142537.9951T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <E0yaLtF-0007H0-00@ns.cityip.co.za>

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On Fri, 15 May 1998, Johann Visagie wrote:

> 
> I am currently testing the new Netgear FA310TX NIC (DEC 21140-AF chipset)
> under 2.2.6-R.  I've got it connected to a Netgear fast ethernet switch.  The
> switch is set to auto-sense the duplexing mode (though setting it to
> full-duplex does not seem to change the problem I'm about to describe).

[...]
 
> Is this behaviour standard?

Most likely.  Speed autodetect is completely flakey; it's suggested that
you set the speed using the card's configuration program.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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