Re: eepro100 works with all cable

hi,

some news of my problem :

my chipset is a 82551ER, and the problem was with the intel e100 driver.
with the eepro100 driver, all works fine, so it's a software problem.


> hi,
>
> i've got strange things that i don't understand :
>
> we receive some eepro100 with blank eeprom to integrate in our own card.
> i write the eeproms and try the card.
>
> i make a direct connection between a pc and the eepro100 card with a
> straight cable and a crossover cable at 10mb/s and i've got the same
> results : the connection worked !! (i've got the link, the ping works, ftp,
> ....) i do the test with 4wires and 8 wires cable.
>
> how could it be possible ? normaly only the crossover cable works.
>
> i do the same test at 100mb/s, and now, only the straight cable works !!
> the connection with the crossover cable doesn't work at all.
>
> i don't write the good things in the eeprom or there's an hardware error
> ???
>
> if someone have got an idea, because i'm lost :)
>
> fathi
>
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