Re: How to pass network card options..

James Willard (james@whispering.org)
Fri, 28 May 1999 00:56:58 -0400


You can probably use the EEPROM configuration utility that comes on the
disks 3Com packs with the NICs. If you don't have those disks, you can find
them at www.3com.com

Just run the utility and change the setting from Auto-detect to 10Mbps.

James Willard
james@whispering.org

----- Original Message -----
From: Arni Raghu <arni@caip.rutgers.edu>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 8:08 PM
Subject: How to pass network card options..

> Hi,
> I have a couple of 3com cyclone/boomerang cards...I would like to be
> able to put them in a 10Mb mode..I know ther are auto-detecting and
> autonegotiating and they do that job well..(they run pretty well at
> 100MB).But I would like them to work as 10MB cards...
>
> My kernel is 2.2.7(base RH 5.2)..I have compiled a non-monolithic kernel
> and have compiled the network drivers as modules with kerneld enabled
> and all that works just fine...
>
> What are the options and at what time and how do I pass them to the
> kernel so that the cards work in 10 MB mode..??
>
> Thx,
> Arni
>
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