Re: How do I force the de4x5 driver to run full duplex?

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From: Sander Rooijens
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 18:53

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I had a network card that was autodetected by the Redhat setup to use the
de4x5 module
I couldn't get this card to work in fullduplex.

I changed to the tulip module instead and immediately the card
autonegotiated to fulldup.
Might work for your card too.

Best regards,

Sander


"Reece Martin" <reece.martin@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Re: DEC21142
>
> I am using the same driver (de4x5) for the network card in my PWS500au. In
> SRM I set ew0_mode to FASTFD, so the card is forced to run at 100Mb/s full
> duplex. So when the machine starts up the LEDs on my switch show it is
> running at 100Mb/s full duplex. Once Linux initialises the driver for
eth0,
> the card no longer is opertating at full duplex. This can be seen from my
> mini switch diagnostic LEDs. Does anyone know how to force the driver to
use
> full duplex?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Regards,
> Reece.
>
>

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