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Subject: Re: if_rl autodetect problems? - more
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In a message dated 01/25/2002 6:42:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
kris@obsecurity.org writes:

> > 
>  > A MB with an onboard RTL8100 autonegotiates a 100Mb/s FDX connection ok 
on 
>  a 
>  > crossover an a 10/100 switch, but it doesnt detect a 10Mb/s hub at all 
in 
>  > 4.4-RELEASE. Is this a known problem?
>  
>  The realtek is known to be a crap NIC, yes :) Autodetection is one of
>  its failings.
>  
>  kris
>  

That may in fact be true, however since they all detect properly when I pop a 
LINUX drive on the system, it does point to a driver problem.

The media stuff can be pretty cryptic if you're not famiar with it (which Im 
not), so if anyone could point at what to look at I'd appreciate it.

Dennis

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