[PLUG] e1000 driver and Linksys WET11

[Anderson, Rob (Global Trade)]

Thanks everyone. After spending two late nights trying to make it work, I grabbed an older 10/100 NIC that I had laying around and installed it. It works great now. I would have liked to get it working with the onboard NIC, but I have other fish to fry.

-Rob Anderson


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Russell Evans
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:15 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] e1000 driver and Linksys WET11
> 
> 
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:50:42 -0800
> "Anderson, Rob (Global Trade)" <Rob.Anderson at nike.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes. The e1000 works with just about anything else. I can 
> connect this
> > linux box to my linksys router and it works fine. I can even use it
> > with the WET11 if I connect them both to a hub. It only 
> fails to work
> > when connected directly to the WET11. I am going to try a different
> > NIC this weekend. That should make it work, but the mystery remains.
> 
> 
> If it works with a hub and you've confirmed you have set the speed
> and duplex, then it might be flow control 
> 
> FlowControl
> Valid Range: 0-3 (0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx)
> Default: Read flow control settings from the EEPROM
>     This parameter controls the automatic generation(Tx) and
> response(Rx) to     Ethernet PAUSE frames.
> 
>  I would also try the AutoNeg setting instead of setting both 
> Speed and
> Deplex. Setting it to 3 will mean it will auto-negotiation up to 100
> full duplex but not the 1000 full. 
> 
> You might want to try the latest driver as well.
> 
> Thank you
> Russell 
> 
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