Re: 100Mb network card problem

From: RobH (nospam_at_dev.null)
Date: 09/29/03

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    "Marcel J.E. Mol" <marcel@mesa.nl> wrote in message
    news:pan.2003.09.29.14.48.49.498371@mesa.nl...
    > 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?
    >
    Ensure that the port on your switch is set to 100FD rather than
    auto-negotiate and configure your RS6k NIC to 100FD.

    It's a common problem on RS6ks.

    RobH

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