[vortex] 3com 3c59x problems with Fedora2

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Mladen Martinčević wrote:

> But no solutions for now works for me.

What solutions did you try ?

> Fedora 2 with 2.6.5 kernel

You should probably upgrade.


> the third one eth2 is connected to Cisco router wich is direct link
> to internet :)

Then most likely the Cisco router is configured for forced media for
(at least) this port, which makes autonegotiation fail. Please try to
change the configuration of the port.

> alias eth2 3c59x options=0x203
> or just forsing full-duplex but none of thees
> solutions worked for me.

Best is to allow autonegotiation to happen. Forcing media is only a 
last resort and only when you know what you're doing.

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