[ltp] pcmcia ethernet card hassles

[Mike]

Hi guys,

I've just picked up a 600X with a NetGear FA410 10/100 pcmcia ethernet 
card. The card works fine when I've booted to '98, but it seems to fail 
to negotiate speed and duplex settings with my switch under linux 
(debian potato, 2.2.15, pcmcia v3.1.8).

The card appears to be initialized okay, I've followed the instructions 
on every Thinkpad 600 site I can find and it just won't work.

/var/log/messages shows the pcmcia subsystem and the card are 
initialized fine, except for the following lines:
[...] wintermute kernel: eth0: found link beat
[...] wintermute kernel: eth0: lost link beat

The network is configured fine, and the problem perists if the switch 
port is locked to any combination of half or full duplex and 10M or 100M 
inseatd of trying to auto-negotiate. There aren't any resource conflicts 
AFAIK.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

TIA, Mike.

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