In article <Pine.GSO.4.10.10201150735570.10515-100000@inago.swcp.com>,
Diana Eichert <deichert@wrench.com> wrote:
>
>My experience with Dells using this onboard NIC is the same.
>Autonegotiation didn't work, in fact one system I remember having to
>force it to 10Base2 even though it didn't have thinwire ethernet on
>it.  My suggestion try all the media options.
>

This is because the mii on chip is not recognized. Someone needs to write
a driver for it.

christos