On Thu, 5 May 2005, Bob Chiodini wrote: > On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 18:33 -0500, hanfamily@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > snip > > > With a hub replace full with half. I.E. > > > > > > > > In the meantime, try "ethtool eth0 speed 100 duplex full" and see if > > > > > that stops it. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > > > > > - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - > > <snip> > > > > On a xterm as root; > > > [root@localhost root]# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex half > > > (Mr Stevens forgot the -s) > > I tried this it still doesn't work right when I ping I lose over > > half of the packets and it blinks constantly. The nic is part of the > > motherboard along with a wireless conection of some sort. > > It does the same thing on the windows side compaq says it is suppose to > > blink on and off constantly! Should I try using a real nic card. > > If so any suggestions on what to use? > > Thanks > > Linda > > > > Linda, > > I'd try replacing the hub with a switch first. If it works you'll be > ahead in throughput. If it doesn't then replace the NIC and you'll > still be ahead. > > Also, did you try forcing 100Mb/full duplex? For grins, try setting > 10/half, if your hub supports 10Mb. > > Bob... > > Thank you to everyone for your help. I settled for the faster solution. Disabled the nic on the motherboard in bios, installed a cheap dlink nic and it everything works like a dream. Linda
