Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> I'm stumped. I've got a motherboard with the following dual-port NIC:
>
> 03:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
>
> One port is connected to my DSL modem. It comes up at 100mbps:
>
> Aug 17 15:54:41 headache kernel: e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link
> is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
>
> The second port is connected to a plain-vanilla Linksys router. That
> port always negotiates to 10mbps, no matter what:
>
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>
> I've arrived at a dead end. No matter what, the motherboard can talk to
> the router only @10mbps. The only possibility that I see is that the
> 'Intel Corporation 82541GI' NIC has an interoperability problem with
> this specific Linksys router hardware. It's a plain blue 5-port consumer
> router, plug in and go, no knobs to turn.
>
> So, any suggestions, besides "get a new router"?
>
Try using ethtoolto lock the port to 100 Mbs Full Duplex. It is
probably that the two do not handshake correctly to set the faster
speed. If I remember correctly, that was one of the things that the
exact protocol was not specified, so not all hardware works correctly.
Mikkel
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