Fwd: Re: ifplugd: fails to detect link beat with eepro100 and NetGEAR switch FS608v2

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Subject: Re: ifplugd: fails to detect link beat with eepro100 and NetGEAR 
switch FS608v2
Date: Saturday 14 May 2005 15:37
From: Lennart Poettering <[email protected]>
To: Marc Lijour <[email protected]>

On Mon, 09.05.05 19:12, Marc Lijour ([email protected]) wrote:
> When I set up the system manually it works (simple switch leading to a
> router). However, ifplugd fails at some point to detect the link beat.
>
> (extract from #service network start)
> May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: ifplugd 0.21b initializing.
> May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: Using interface
> eth0/00:A0:C9:39:DB:80 with driver <eepro100> (version: eepro100.c:v1.09j-t
> 9/29
> /99 Don)
> May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: Using detection mode:
> SIOCGMIIPHY May  9 18:45:22 router ifplugd(eth0)[28473]: Initialization
> complete, link beat not detected.
> May  9 18:45:22 router network: Bringing up interface eth0:  failed
>
> ifplugd monitors eth0 on this system (well, I learnt something today!).
> But it fails seeing the link beat and shuts down my card.

eepro100 is really outdated. Please consider using the driver e100
instead.

Please check if "ifplugstatus -v eth0" reports the correct plug
status. If one of the detection modes works you can specify it to
ifplugd with the option "-m".

Lennart

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