Re: Dell PowerEdge 1550 (Intel Pro/100+ Dual Port)

I have 2 1550s that are doing the same thing: No link
light. They both worked under Windows 2000 with no
problem. If you search google for this problem, there
are others with that chipset that have had similar
issues; the card detects and passes diagnostics, but
refuses to recognize a link. There is never a
solution, just "it works for me" or "your controller
must be bad". The fact that there are 2 different
1550s here and they had both worked fine under Windows
2000 tells me that it is not a defective card this
time. There is probably an issue with the firmware or
perhaps something wrong with WOL or some other feature
that could cause occasional problems. 



--- John Madden <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I believe there may be a problem with the
> > linux-eepro100 driver and the NIC that Dell ships
> with
> > many servers. It is a Dual Port Pro/100 (82558 I
> > think).
> 
> FYI, I have 3 1550's that have been running for a
> couple of years now (on
> various kernels -- 2.6.5 as of last weekend) with no
> problems whatsoever.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> John Madden
> UNIX Systems Engineer
> Ivy Tech State College
> [email protected]
> 
> 



	
		
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