Problem Intel Etherexpress Pro 100B NIC and Redhat 8.0

[freegeeks]

I always lose the connection -- sometimes after 5 minutes, sometimes after 40 minutes --
the only thing that I can do after I lost the connection is deactivate / activate ethernet0 and then I'm good for another 5 - 40 minutes --

I already did some research and I read on some sites that it's possible to have stability problems using a 100 mbps fast ethernet nic on an old 10 mbps hub (and guess what -- I'm using an old 10 mbps hub

Now I'm looking for ways to force my nic on 10 mbps half or full duplex to solve this very annoying problem -

I found information here and here but I'm having problems to configure the whole thing -- for the moment I'm trying to add the necessary options in /etc/modules.conf but I have no idea how to do it --

here how my modules.conf looks like:

alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias eth0 eepro100
options driver full_duplex=1 debug=0
alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394

I added the "options driver full_duplex=1 debug=0" under the ethernet alias but I guess that is not enough to get it working on 10 mbps --

What am I doing wrong ??? do I have to change other files ???

I've been trying to solve this problem now for more then a week and I'm getting very frustrated by the whole thing --

 

[n0cmonkey]

Under OpenBSD I can change the media options and whatnot using ifconfig. Maybe you can do that with RH too.

 

[Abzstrak]

I would suggest buying a 100mbps switch to solve your problem, especially if you have other computers on that LAN... I saw a 4 port switch the other day at microcenter foir $14.95.... seems like it would be worth it, and gives you added speed.

Otherwise, most if not all hubs need to run at half duplex, so dont change it to full... secondly you should be able to set the media type to 10mbps with ifconfig as long as that driver supports it (it should). man ifconfig for more info.

 

[freegeeks]

Thx for the answers --

The problem is solved -- I found information here and using the same procedure everythings works now

 

[thornc]

I was going to suggests you try the intel supplied drivers, but it seems that they don't have
Linux drivers for the Pro/100B!?
But here's a link to the general Pro/100 family