Re: [NTLK] Farallon problem with switches

From: Grant [Medium Well] Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Wed Jul 31 2002 - 19:51:44 EDT


In a previous message, victor_at_newtontalk.net typed vigorously:

>Hrm. I suspect that there's something about our 10/100 switches that causes
>the card to either autodetect incorrectly the first time, or try one setting,
>and if there's an error then close the connection and try another. This
>might confuse the Newton driver if it expects the card to be linked to the
>network by a certain point and the card is trying to drop and re-enable the
>link. Unfortunately, looking at 3Com's diagnostic and setting software
>for this card, there doesn't seem to be a way to "hard-code" the card in
>either full or half duplex mode.

FWIW, I use a Farallon card in my 2100 to connect up to a Netgear FS510T
auto-sensing 10/100 switch. I have never run into any connection issues
whatsoever. I'm using a static IP address rather than DHCP for the Newton.

g.

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