NIC (eth0) Problems Since Moving from RHL9 to FC1

[Mike Watson]

Curt Stauffer wrote:
> Ethernet card is apparently fried, I guess it was just warning me that it
> was about to die big-time...  Problem is this is a Dell 2350 with the
> BCM4401 on the motherboard.  Theoretically shouldn't I be able to buy
> another card and just use it?
> 
> Thanks again for the suggestions, they were spot on!
> -Curt Stauffer
> 
> --On Friday, January 23, 2004 12:22 PM +1000 Scott Burns
> <scott at mirrabooka.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Has the physical cable changed, or any hardware changed in any way?  If
>>the cable has changed, is it a cat5e?
>>
>>The standard response is to slow the connection down to 10mbps half
>>duplex and retest.  Then increase to 100mbps half duplex and retest.
>>Then go to 100mbps full duplex and retest.  You could stop in at 10mbps
>>full duplex on the way.
>>
>>If even 10mbps half duplex has problems, let us know.
> 
> 
> 
You should be able to turn off the on-board NIC in you BIOS config.  Then 
buy and install a PCI NIC of your choice.  The current Netgear 10-100 NICS 
are tulip based and should be recognized by kudzu on first boot.

Mike W

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