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From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: 3c590C, 3c509B-C repeated carrier loss with e-tech
Date: Fri,  9 Aug 2002 16:29:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200208091429.g79ETuC02774@zamenhof.cs.utwente.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Aug 2002 08:57:19 +0000." <3D535706.8BAD56A2@vu.edu.au>

Switching off auto-negotiation by forcing use of the 10Base-T interface
didn't seem to solve the problem. Howevever, forcing use of the aui(?)
(external transceiver) interface, and using an external utp transceiver
seems to 'solve' my problem.

Axel.

I wrote:
> > Any ideas, anyone? (I suspect some sort of auto-negotation failing?)
> >
> > 3com card details:
> >    3c590C  (pci, combo) 03-0046-000 rev A
> >    3c509B-C (isa, combo) assy 03-0021-002 rev A

Mark Valiukas responded:
> I never leave these on auto-negotiate at home. I always select a
> media type. I've had problems with the 509b's detecting coax, and
> with them detecting the network when connected to some oddball
> gear (a hub of dubious provenance that I can't remember the brand
> of right now)
>
> Haven't had a problem since forcing the settings with the appropriate
> 3Com configuration utilities.




      reply	other threads:[~2002-08-09 14:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-07 13:20 [9fans] OT: 3c590C, 3c509B-C repeated carrier loss with e-tech wireless router Axel Belinfante
2002-08-09  8:57 ` [9fans] OT: 3c590C, 3c509B-C repeated carrier loss with e-tech Mark Valiukas
2002-08-09 14:29   ` Axel Belinfante [this message]

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