1. Q. Ifconfig reports "10Mbs Ethernet" for my 10/100Mbs card. How do
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1. Q. Ifconfig reports "10Mbs Ethernet" for my 10/100Mbs card. How do
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I get my card to run in 100Mbs mode?
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I get my card to run in 100Mbs mode?
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A. The "10Mbs Ethernet" is poorly named. What this is really saying
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A. The "10Mbs Ethernet" is poorly named. What this is really saying
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is that this device is some kind of Ethernet device (ie, uses
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is that this device is some kind of Ethernet device (ie, uses
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ethernet style frames at the link layer). Recent versions of
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ethernet style frames at the link layer). Recent versions of
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ifconfig report this as simply "Ethernet".
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ifconfig report this as simply "Ethernet".
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The TLAN driver is designed to autodetect 10Mbs vs. 100Mbs
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The TLAN driver is designed to autodetect 10Mbs vs. 100Mbs
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connections, and choose the higher speed. The most sure way
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connections, and choose the higher speed. The most sure way
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to determine what speed you are running at is to look at the
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to determine what speed you are running at is to look at the
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100Mbs LED on the card, if your device has one.
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100Mbs LED on the card, if your device has one.
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2. Q. My network card is using the same interrupt as my SCSI card.
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2. Q. My network card is using the same interrupt as my SCSI card.
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A. Some Compaqs set all PCI devices to the same interrupt by default.
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A. Some Compaqs set all PCI devices to the same interrupt by default.
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You can either change the interrupt used by one of the device
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You can either change the interrupt used by one of the device
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with your Compaq configuration utility, or you can have the TLAN
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with your Compaq configuration utility, or you can have the TLAN
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driver use the same type of interrupt handler:
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driver use the same type of interrupt handler:
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a. For module based use, add 'sa_int=1' to the command line, eg.:
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a. For module based use, add 'sa_int=1' to the command line, eg.:
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insmod tlan.o sa_int=1
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insmod tlan.o sa_int=1
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b. For compiled in kernel, set the 0x2 bit in the third part
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b. For compiled in kernel, set the 0x2 bit in the third part
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for the boot parameter for that device, eg.:
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for the boot parameter for that device, eg.:
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ether=0,0,0x2,0,eth0
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ether=0,0,0x2,0,eth0
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