[realtek] Problems with mii-tool and Realtek Driver

[Jeff Garzik]

abhishek Sinha wrote:
> Hello List member
> 
> I am using a MSI MS-6368 motherboard the documentation
> shows that the LAN device is an RTL8100L 10/100 Fast
> Ethernet connection.I have installed Redhat on the
> machines and with one of the machines the transfer
> rate is very slow.
> 
> Also when i run mii-tool the output is strange
> 
> GOOD MACHINE:
>  [root@gateway3 root]# mii-tool 
>  eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link
>  [root@gateway3 root]# 
>  
>  this is the bad machine
>  [root@gateway4 root]# mii-tool 
>  eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link
>  [root@gateway4 root]# 
> 
> I am sending some SCP results over a good machine and
> a bad machine so that the difference is highlighted
> 
>  HERE IS A SCP RESULT TO gateway3 then gateway4
>  [root@gateway2 email]# scp adMTAv1.7.tar
> 216.34.200.28:/root
>  root@216.34.200.28's password: 
>  adMTAv1.7.tar        100%
> |*******************************************|
>  8710 KB    00:18    
>  [root@gateway2 email]# scp adMTAv1.7.tar
> 216.34.200.29:/root
>  root@216.34.200.29's password: 
>  adMTAv1.7.tar        100%
> |*******************************************|
> 8710 KB    00:44    
> [root@gateway2 email]# 
>  
>  our switch is set to 100MB FDX (no auto nego)


This sounds like you are running an older version of the 8139too 
driver... grab the latest from http://sf.net/projects/gkernel/ or kernel 
2.4.20-pre1.

	Jeff