> > On Wednesday July 20 2005 08:20, Simon Slater wrote: > > I have a PII running FC3 with a DEC500 as eth0. It has > worked fine for > > months when directly connected (crossover cable) to another > desktop with an > > identical FC3 installation but Realtek NIC using NFS, or similarly to a > > laptop (Win98) using Samba. These latter two communicate fine through a > > Synoptics Lattishub 2803. However when the PII is connected to the > > Lattishub, the LINK LED only flashes once every few seconds > along with the > > DATA, (DATA) & COL LED's. I cannot ping any other host. The cables > > (straight through) have been checked. The configuration still > allows direct > > connection with NFS or Samba which still works fine. > > > > Does anyone know what the problem may be? Any suggested fixes? > > > > Regards > > Simon Slater. > Are you stopping and restarting the nic after disconnect / > reconnect from PC > --> hub and visa versa? Sounds like speed negotation. Problem solved! The issue was autonegotiation. Further research into the DEC500 NIC showed that it has a poor track record with speed negotiation. I have replaced it with a 3com and all is well. Thanks all for your help. Simon Slater.
