100Mb/Full Duplex

[Tim Sailer <sailer@sailer.itd.bnl.gov>]

Hi folks.

I'm having some trouble, actually with a Cisco 6509 switch, but getting
it to talk to 20 VALinux machines. My story:

I have a rack of 20 machines needing to talk to a Pix firewall with
gigbit interfaces on it. To do this, we set up a test rig using an Alteon
switch with 1 gigabit interface and 24 100bT ports for the boxes.
When we run in this mode, everything performs well. Now, we switch this
over to the Cr^Hisco switch, and it all goes to hell. It seems like the
6509 doesn't negotiate with the EEPro100 NICs in the linux boxes. Errors
out the butt, and the switch ports claim that they are talking 10/half
when they should be talking 100/full.

I've looked at the NIC driver source, but it's non-obvious, to me anyway,
how to lock these puppies in 100/full. Any pointers?

Thanks,
Tim

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