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To: Joe Kellner <jdk@kingsmeadefarm.com>
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Subject: Re: e1000 strangeness in a dell poweredge 1650
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I have had no problems with the e1000 and the 1650's
They run at 100Mbs and 1000Mbs fine.  I have had them
working both with RH7.3 and Debian, and even FreeBSD.
Bad NIC? Bad cable? It going into a switch, a hub?  These
things come with two NICs, do both do it?

Steve

Joe Kellner wrote:

>Hello,
>Running a dell poweredge 1650 with two intel e1000/pro's on redhat 7.3.
>We seem to be having a problem with the ethernet cards linking at 100 mbps/FDX 
>and only working for a few seconds (usually around 30 seconds). There are no 
>messages in dmesg other than when the module is loaded (Stating that port0 is 
>up at 100 mbs/FDX). Is this a known issue, and is there a workaround? I can 
>provide more information if needed.
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>Thanks,
>-Joe Kellner
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