[ltp] Re: your mail
Christopher Clark/Boulder/IBM
linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:30:48 -0600
It's an IBM TP600X (5EU).
Thanks,
Christopher
Friedemann Baitinger <fb@baiti.net> on 07/18/2000 11:48:45
Please respond to linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
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Subject: [ltp] Re: your mail
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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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