I just did a clean install of etch (congrats and thanks to all those who
made etch happen)

but I seem to have this problem:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/.../msg02838.html

I have a 3Com 3c905B that is using the 3c59x driver module, but it will
only come up at 10 Mb/s instead of 100. I tried the solution listed in
that link, but it doesn't see, to . I notice that that post is rather
old though. Is there a different way to set those module parameters now?
Is there a better way to solve this problem now? (other than buying a new
nic).

Thanks
-Colin


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On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:38:05PM -0700, Colin Andrews wrote:
> I just did a clean install of etch (congrats and thanks to all those who
> made etch happen)
>
> but I seem to have this problem:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/.../msg02838.html
>
> I have a 3Com 3c905B that is using the 3c59x driver module, but it will
> only come up at 10 Mb/s instead of 100. I tried the solution listed in
> that link, but it doesn't see, to . I notice that that post is rather
> old though. Is there a different way to set those module parameters now?
> Is there a better way to solve this problem now? (other than buying a new
> nic).

answering only to the module option part here: modinfo 3c59x shows
similar options to what is mentioned in the link. But of course, that
doesn't mean that some of them haven't changed meaning.

A

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On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 02:38:05PM -0700, Colin Andrews wrote:
> I just did a clean install of etch (congrats and thanks to all those who
> made etch happen)
>
> but I seem to have this problem:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/.../msg02838.html
>

For the ISA 3C509 - you need a DOS boot disk and a copy of the 3Com
utility disk. Boot using the DOS disk then run 3c5x9cfg.exe

For the 3C905 - that's a standard PCI card if I recall correctly. It may
also respond to the 3Com utility disk approach. [3c90x2.exe] You might
want to try ethtool and mii-diag to try and establish what settings are used.

You may be able to pass command line options into the GRUB boot stanza.

> I have a 3Com 3c905B that is using the 3c59x driver module, but it will
> only come up at 10 Mb/s instead of 100. I tried the solution listed in
> that link, but it doesn't see, to . I notice that that post is rather
> old though. Is there a different way to set those module parameters now?
> Is there a better way to solve this problem now? (other than buying a new
> nic).
>
> Thanks
> -Colin
>
>
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