[realtek] RTL8100B non-functioning

[Donald Becker]

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Orlando Andico wrote:

> I've made (some) progress here.. basically eth0 *has* to be an
> eepro100.

That shouldn't be required.

> and eth1 is 8139too.

Have you tried the rtl8139 driver?

mkdir /tmp/netdrivers/
cd /tmp/netdrivers/
ncftp ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/netdrivers.tgz
tar xfvz netdrivers.tgz
make
make install

> 'mii-tool -w' returns correct link state for both ethernet ports.  

You can use use 'mii-diag --watch eth0' to monitor the link and
negotiation status.


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