network card doesn't autonegotiate

From: Clemens Vonrhein <vonrhein_at_GlobalPhasing.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:25:36 +0100 (BST)

Dear all,

I just bought some new switches (transtec MiniSwitch 800) which can do
auto-negotiation to 10 & 100 Mbit Ethernet (half and full duplex).

Everything works fine, but our ES40 will only run in 10 Mbit mode
using

  set ewa0_mode twisted or
  set ewa0_mode full

on the SRM console. Setting it to 'auto-negotiate' fails misserable
with an error. 'fast' and 'fastfd' don't work either.

I upgraded to the latest firmware on the ES40. The machine has a

  DECchip 21140: Revision: 2.2

in it. All other machines (various Linux PCs, Windows NT and a PWS
500au with DECchip 21143: Revision: 3.0 are running at full speed).

Question: is there a known issue with ethernet cards (DECchip 21140)
in ES40s? Or might the problem be with the MiniSwitch?

I'll summarize ...

Cheers

Clemens

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