e1000 in rawhide kernel

[Nigel Metheringham]

On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 13:08 +1300, Michael J Knox wrote:
> I have a 82573E onboard NIC that refuses to obtain a DHCP IP. If its
> statically asigned, I am ok. 

Try getting the port you are connected to set to (say) 100 MB FD with no
autonegotiation, and see if that works better.  Some network
switches/NIC combos seem to take for ever to negotiate the link.  Quite
whose fault this is I don't know, although one network equipment
manufacturer seems to be always involved.

	Nigel.
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[ Nigel Metheringham           Nigel.Metheringham at InTechnology.co.uk ]
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