Subject: Re: 3com 3c905B-tx strange behaviour
To: Tony Hernandez <tony.hernandez@intellon.com>
From: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/25/1999 09:58:18
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 10:33:41AM -0400, Tony Hernandez wrote:
> I just got a 3com card and I put it on a 10baseT network. It seems to not be
> working at all with the GENERIC kernel. dmesg finds this device and reports
> that it is ' configured '. The network starts up and everything BUT ... the
> link on the back of the card is orange instead of green. I cant ping anyone.
> I can ping myself after retrying several times. I tried to use the 'media'
> option in ifconfig but it returns SCIOIFMEDIA device not configured .. or
> something tp that extent. I f dont use the media option it acts as if its
> bringing it up with no errors. but It does not work ... whats up ?
Could you provide a little more information, like the output of 'dmesg',
and 'ifconfig -a' ?
- Frank