hey jack heres the result .. its no go :-(
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ./mii-diag --watch Using the default interface 'eth0'. Basic registers of MII PHY #32: 3100 782d 0000 0000 01e1 41e1 0001 0000. The autonegotiated capability is 01e0. The autonegotiated media type is 100baseTx-FD. Basic mode control register 0x3100: Auto-negotiation enabled. You have link beat, and everything is working OK. Your link partner advertised 41e1: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT. End of basic transceiver information. Monitoring the MII transceiver status. 11:12:40.986 Baseline value of MII BMSR (basic mode status register) is 782d. 11:12:46.319 MII BMSR now 7809: no link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). 11:12:47.839 MII BMSR now 782d: Good link, NWay done, No Jabber (41e1). New link partner capability is 41e1 0001: 10/100 HD+FD switch. -----Original Message----- From: Jack Bowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 August 2003 11:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: realtek 8139 mystery ** Reply to message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:10:59 +0100 > Good morning all, > > The mystery still wonders around in my laptop. I posted a few weeks back > with a problem on a realtek 8139 netword card. > > Well here are the results of mii-diag --watch (this app watches the link) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ./mii-diag --watch > Using the default interface 'eth0'. > Basic registers of MII PHY #32: 0000 780d 0000 0000 01e1 0000 0000 0000. > Basic mode control register 0x0000: Auto-negotiation disabled, with > Speed fixed at 10 mbps, half-duplex. > You have link beat, and everything is working OK. > Link partner information is not exchanged when in fixed speed mode. > End of basic transceiver information. > > Monitoring the MII transceiver status. > 09:32:54.698 Baseline value of MII BMSR (basic mode status register) is > 780d. > 09:32:58.829 MII BMSR now 7809: no link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:33:01.169 MII BMSR now 780d: Good link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:33:04.699 MII BMSR now 7809: no link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:33:06.829 MII BMSR now 780d: Good link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:12.959 MII BMSR now 7809: no link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:17.689 MII BMSR now 780d: Good link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:19.419 MII BMSR now 7809: no link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:21.549 MII BMSR now 780d: Good link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:22.479 MII BMSR now 7809: no link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:24.789 MII BMSR now 780d: Good link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:25.029 MII BMSR now 7809: no link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > 09:34:27.359 MII BMSR now 780d: Good link, NWay busy, No Jabber (0000). > > > > So as you can see when it says no link - I pulled the cable, when its says > Good link the cable was plugged in. > > In previous posts we established that module is loading ok. > > I can rmmod 8139too > insmod 8139too > ifconfig eth0 up > > > cool.... assigns a fixed IP and then bam ... no transmission > > Anyone got any ideas, before I use this laptop as a javalin..? Sure. Try the following: /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 duplex full autoneg on and see what happens. jb -- Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list This message is strictly private and contains confidential information intended only for the use of the person named above. If you have received this e-mail in error and are not the intended recipient you must not disclose, copy or distribute it to anyone else. Please immediately advise the sender and delete this email and all attachments. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list