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  1. Bug #94186
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Comment 22 for bug 94186

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Stan (junk-it) wrote : Re: [Bug 94186] Re: 3c59x - 10/100 NIC fails to link to gigabit switch

Thanks for the info. It's nice you found a workaround. How did you
arrive at adding that option and it's value? For s&g, I tried adding
that line as well to see if it fixed my problem. With this option,
dmesg reported that the card was put into mode 8 (autonegotiation).
This hosed my connection altogether, including connecting to a 100Mb/s
switch.

JanJan wrote:
> My problem seems to be related to yours. I use a 3Com Ethernet card
> (3c59x module) connected to a 100Mbit switch. Unfortunately the
> connection is established by default with 10MBit. To connect with
> 100MBit I have to add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/options:
>
> options 3c59x "options=0x008"
>
> I don't know why the connection is not established with 100MBit by
> default. I had the same problem with (another) 3c59x-compatible 3Com
> card 9 or 10 years ago (completely different hardware and setup)!!!! Why
> is this bug not fixed already?!
>
>