On Sunday 30 July 2006 10:33, Seth wrote:
3Com Corporation 3c905b 100BaseTX (Cyclone)
Well there you go. This has all the earmarkings of the Classic 3com dribble connection. 3com has a horrible reputation for failure to auto-negotiate speed and duplex settings with upstream devices. Is this plugged into a 10 meg port or a 100 meg port on the upstream device? Can you try a different upstream device, as a test. Or put something between this machine and what ever is upstream. such as a hub or switch to test if that works? There is a way to tell the nic ahead of time what rate to select, but I forget the details. My normal response upon being given ANY problem by a 3com nic is to listen for the Plonk sound it makes when it hits the bottom of the trash can. Nics are under $10 these days and unless you are 50 miles from the nearest replacement I wouldn't waste any more time with it. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen