Problems getting a stable 100 megabit connection with linksys etherfast switch

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.


Thanks

John

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

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:

quoted

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

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