Is a 10/100 compatible?

[dbarton]

All my machines have 10m cards in them. I have a very cheap 10m router. All WAS working fine.

Now I just added a machine with a 10/100 Intel on baord, and it doesn't seem to see the network.

Will a 10/100 card drop down to 10 automatically, to see it or is there anoher problem?

Is the 10m router a problem?

 

[RemyCanad]

The card "should" switch down. But some times it does not recognize that it need to so you will need to manually set it. To do that just enter the properties of the card and it should be in there.

 

[Nutz]

Some of the old 10MBit products don't support Full Duplex, like alot of the hubs I've used. Your NIC may be setting itself for 10BaseT, but the duplex could be stuck. When you check the speed take a look at the duplex settings.

 

[dbarton]

The "properties" for the Intel 100 doesn't allow for any duplex switching nor for any speed adjustment.

There are no value I can change, just info on the driver, and news that it is working properly..

 

[JackMDS]

You can find 10/100 NIC for $5, cheap 10/100 Hubs for$15.

So, upgrade the rest of your system. You will get more speed and less headache.

 

[dbarton]

I could upgrade some of the machines, but still wondering if I can mix 10 and 100.

I have laptop network cards involved here as well, so dont want to upgrade *everything*

My original question is still whether this *should* be working..

 

[JackMDS]

Network issues are rather complicated, and every one has an angle to approach it depending on one knowledge, and means.

What I would do!

My first choice will be to upgrade since prices of 10/100 network hardware are rock bottom, and it does not make too much sense to waste time trying to force down a new hardware on a system from few generation ago (I would leave the Lap as it is, some old Laptops don't take kindly new PCMCIA cards).

However, one at a time:

1. I would try another CAT5 cable, that I keep as a reference cable knowing that it is a good working cable.

2. Log to the Motherboard site, and Intel site looking for new drivers, or any info that indicates trouble with this NIC.

3. Disable the NIC on the motherboard, and install a spare NIC that I keep for this purpose. I know it is good and the drivers are functional with all the OSs that I use.

4. Replace the old Hub with a New 10/100 Hub/Switch. Could be that the new 10/100 NIC can not negotiate an old 10mb/sec hub.

 

[dbarton]

Well it seems that the network is actually running fine.

Oddly though, Network Neighborhood is broken.

On every machine on the network, it only shows itself. No machine see's another.

I can logon to other machines and the network runs fine - just cant use the Network Neighborhood program.

Anyone seen that before?