100Mb network card problem

From: Marcel J.E. Mol (marcel_at_mesa.nl)
Date: 09/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:48:53 +0200

Hello,

I'm trying to get an old RS6000 (43p) onto a 100Mb ethernet switch.
The problem is that it only seems to work partly in 10Mb mode (but then
I only get 10 to 20 kB/s throughput).
Even when I set media_speed to 100Mb (full or half duplex) I can't
get any data to/from the network. The switch shows link and 100Mb
leds for the port but the card in the machine only once in a while
blinks its 100Mb led. The full duplex led on the card always stays
off no matter what media_speed.
All other systems on the switch (mostly intel boxes) work perfectly
in 100Mb full duplex.

When connecting the rs6000 directly to another system using a cross
cable things work great!!!

The card is an: IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter (23100020)
AIX level is 5.1 ML 4.

Any tips or hints?

-Marcel 

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