connected it to the hub and tried to copying the files using FTP. At the beginning everythings seems fine but after a few second the transfer stops (about 4.5 MB is transferred) and when I look in /var/log/messages it says:
mommo kernel: eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x7829 advertising
01e1
Link 0021
What does it mean? How can I fix this?
It's telling you the kernel found eth0. With that info. It's normal. This is what dmesg tells me: via-rhine.c:v1.08b-LK1.1.6 8/9/2000 Written by Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0f.0 eth0: VIA VT3043 Rhine at 0xa800, 00:80:c8:e1:84:ef, IRQ 10. eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 05e1 Link 45e1. eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #8 link partner capability of 45e1. PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:11.0 or from /var/log/messages hophead kernel: eth0: MII PHY found at address 8, status 0x782d advertising 05e1 Link 45e1 The only possible issue is the 01e1 [Is that 10MB? ] and the 0021. But I'm not sure they are wrong. Nick