Re: 3COM NIC speed limiter wanted

[Robert L Cochran <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, with really good NICs selling for less than USD $14 these days, I 
don't understand why you must have a 3c905c NIC. It's terribly old. The 
cable modem is newer. Why not just replace the NIC instead?

or

Try looking at these docs for your answer.

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c905c/family.htm


Bob

A.J. Werkman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a 3C905c NIC connected to a cable modem. The NIC of the 
> cable-modem is 10Mbit. In autonegotiaton mode the 3c905c and the cable 
> modem end up in a dead lock.
>
> Now I want to force the 3com card to switch to 10 Mbit/s. From the 
> vortex.txt file in the kernel docs I thought to read that I have to give 
> the "option=0" parameter to the 3c59x module. But this doesn't seem to 
> slow down the 3com NIC.
>
> Can anyone point me to some information if and how I can force the 
> 3C509c card to work on 10Mbit/s?
>
> Thanks, Koos.

--
Bob Cochran
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/



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