Linksys EtherFast CardBus 10/100 PC card

Dave Cinege dcinege@psychosis.com
Mon Aug 10 15:38:52 1998


Bob Carosso wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I bought a Linksys EtherFast CardBus 10/100 PC card, because,
> foolishly, I believed Linksys' website which claims it works on
> Linux and gives instructions.  It doesn't work.  What happens is
> I start getting messages from eth0 saying it's
> switching to 100baseTx media, then to 10baseT media,
> then to 100baseTx media, and so on.  The card works
> perfectly with Win98 + Linksys-provided drivers.
> 
> Does anybody know *why* this card doesn't work with the current tulip.c
> driver?

It uses a clone, instead of a real DEC chip. What version of tulip are you
using? I though of people having success with this chips with the newest
versions.

Email webmaster at linksys and BITCH! I noticed them to updated their website
MONTHS ago. Further more you should demand they provide you with a working card
or a working driver.

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