[ltp] Re: your mail

[Friedemann Baitinger]

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Cary,
for what type of machine does this apply?

On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 carya@us.ibm.com wrote:

> I actually did not have to make any modifications for the 10/100 Etherjet.
> The only changes I had to make for
> my system was to get token ring to work.  Using RH 6.2, it already has
> definitions for the card and I've found that
> if it can see the card, normally you don't have much else to do except for
> maybe some tuning and memory parameters
> which have nothing to do with getting it to function.
>   While I'm not very
> familiar with Mandrake, I'm also not aware
> of problems with that.  The one thing I did notice when installing though
> is that the more I tweaked with settings and
> upgrades etc., the more problems I caused myself.  Leaving it with the
> default settings usually was the best policy.
> 
> Having said that, the one thing I can't get working is to get the card to
> shift up to 100MB speed.  The card seems to
> be set to auto-detect, but when I plug it into a 100MB hub, I get an error
> condition on the cable and am unable to
> set a correct default route and a host of other network problems.  If
> anyone has resolved this kind of problem, please
> let me know.
> 
> ps: if you still need my config.opts and network.opts, let me know and I'd
> be happy to send them on.
> 
> Cary Aipperspach
> 
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Cary Aipperspach/Boulder/IBM on
> 18/07/2000 11:18 ---------------------------
> 
> From: Christopher Clark on 18/07/2000 10:00
> 
> To:   linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> cc:   Cary Aipperspach@IBMUS
> From: Christopher Clark/Boulder/IBM@IBMUS
> Subject:  Re: [Re: [ltp] Problems with IBM EtherJet cardbus]  (Document
>       link: Cary Aipperspach)
> 
> We've got a TP600X (5EU) running w/ an IBM EtherJet Carbus nic, but only at
> 10 Mb.  Cary, can you respond to the above reply list with the config.opts
> and network.opts files?
> 
> Thanks,
> Christopher
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Paul Barrett <Barrett@stsci.edu> on 07/18/2000 09:14:12
> 
> Please respond to linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> 
> To:   linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> cc:
> Subject:  Re: [Re: [ltp] Problems with IBM EtherJet cardbus]
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Barrett writes:
>  > Hi There,
>  >
>  > I (for the first time) am also trying to get the Linux
>  > Ethernet ont the IBM TP up and running :-(
>  > I'm also using the EtherJet CarBus 10/100 on a TP600.
>  > Also, I'm using andrake 6.5 (all updates applied).
>  > I upgraded to the latest pcmcia-cs version and
>  > as per Mandrake support am using the new tulip_cb
>  > driver. The card seems to be recognized properly
>  > but it also does not work properly. The instructions
>  > simply say...
>  > "Edit the /etc/pcmcia/network and /etc/pcmcia/network.opts files
>  > to match your needs"
>  >
>  > After going through the HOW-TO's and various other links
>  > to docs, etc. I also see that there is a cs89x0_cs driver
>  > that is said to work.
> 
> Thank for this info.  I'll try to look into it.
> 
>  > It's all quite mind numbing. Paul, if you have a working
>  > setup, can you attach the relavent entries in you network
>  > and network.opts files?
> 
> My network.opts file is fine.  I'm using DHCP for network access.
> Currently, I've borrowed a 3Com card and am using it for network
> access until I can find the time to investigate and correct the
> problem with the EtherJet card.  I've had no problems with the 3Com
> card, so my network setup is correct.
> 
> The problem is either with the tulip_cb driver or the dhcpcd daemon
> which is used to establish the connection.  Once the connection is
> established, the ethernet card appears to work OK.
> 
>  -- Paul
> 
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