On 7/26/2011 12:11 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2011/07/26 13:20 (GMT-0500) David C. Rankin composed:
What else can I try to get this card working correctly? All light indications on the card and the switch it is connected to show a 100TX connection is being made. What say the gurus?
I'm no guru, but I do have a suggestion: don't try. I don't remember ever having success with a 10/100 3Com PCI (unlike onboard) NIC, while Realtek 8139 and Intel e100 have always just worked. Especially in Windows, matching correct driver to any 3Com PCI NIC seems always an exercise in futility, as if they intentionally misidentify themselves so as to work only for the OEMs who originally bought them and know particular magic incantations to make them work. It wouldn't surprise me if misidentification makes them fall back to a lowest common denominator configuration in Linux.
I concur. Run away from the entire 3Com line but especially the 3c5xx line like your hair is on fire. I've had so many problems with this nic over the years. If you don't find a way to lock it to 100 or 1000 and duplex mode at each boot you will find them doing their own thing in no time flat, and once they retreat to slower speeds they never step up till you power them off. I finally just trashed them all. Almost any other chipset works better. 10/100 nics are a dime a dozen these days and even 10/100/1000 cost less than David has spent in time trying to make it work. Don't waste an hour trying to avoid paying 7 bucks. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org