Subject: Re: DEC 21142 Ethernet not working at 100Mb/S
To: Bill Dorsey <dorsey@lila.com>
From: Olaf Seibert <rhialto@polder.ubc.kun.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/18/2000 02:59:51
On Fri 17 Mar 2000 at 16:51:26 -0800, Bill Dorsey wrote:
> I've got a 21142 ethernet card in my PWS433a:
> 
> de0 at pic0 dev 3 function 0
> de0: interrupting at dec 550 irq 8
> de0: DEC 21142 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.1
> de0: address 00:00:f8:xx:xx:xx
> de0: enabling 10baseT port

In my PWS 433a, it's connected to a 10 Mbps cable modem, but only works
when I tell it to do 100 Mbps.  That sort of suggests that 100 Mbps does
not really work (or perhaps if you tell it to do 10 Mbps, I don't know).

I heard noises that suggest this ought to be fixed in -current.

> Bill Dorsey
-Olaf.
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