From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "john" Subject: Re: Problems getting a stable 100 megabit connection with linksys etherfast switch Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 05:44:00 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040304123913.M97501@marine-boy.nu> References: <20040229212053.M47845@spots.ca> <200403020001.48026.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Return-path: To: Denis Vlasenko , Andrewm@uow.edu.au, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200403020001.48026.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi Denis, Turns out I had a cable problem. Some of the patch cables that I made, had the wrong pinout. After replacing them, the connection is stable at 100baseTx-FD. Thanks John On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 00:01:47 +0200, Denis Vlasenko wrote > On Sunday 29 February 2004 23:30, john wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am having problems getting a stable connection with my linux machines > > when trying to connect them at 100 megabit speeds to a linksys etherfast > > switch. > > > > > > I have attached some diagnostic outputs for your review. I hope that > > someone can help me with this problem. > > > > I believe using a managed switch will solve the problem, but I don't want > > to have to spend $1000.00 to fix this problem, when I should be able to > > obtain a stable connection with the equipment I am currently using. > > Try half duplex. You seldom do lots of xfers in both directions at > once, so half duplex is not a big loss. > > Use tcpdump to see what's going on on the wire. > -- > vda --