Re: mac68k LC-PDS EtherNet support? - Yes!

Michael <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:49:42 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.mac68k
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>It would be interesting to see if configuring the switch port to 10 
>Mbit, half duplex would work.

It should work (but my switch doesn't support it).  Here's Asante's 
technote on the issue:
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Title:  MCiLC-10T Won¹t Work With Auto negotiating Hubs & Switches
Document No: TID1930
Date Modified: 6/28/2000

Technical Note 

Summary:
MCiLC-10T Won¹t Work With Auto negotiating Hubs & Switches

When connected to autonegotiating hubs and switches which are set in the 
following scenarios, the link LED on the MCiLC-10T will blink, the card 
will never establish a link, nor will network communication take place: 
1). Autonegotiation is on, and 2). Switch is set to HDX with speed 
autosensing (10/100 such as the 400XE and 3208 products). 

Solution:
This card was produced before NWAY autonegotiation was developed. 
Therefore it is incapable of autonegotiating with these hubs and 
switches. There is one solution to this problem. If the switch is capable 
of being forced to 10Mbit/HDX via hardware or software, the card will 
establish link and communicate with the network. If autonegotiation is 
the only option for the switch, then the card must be moved to a 
workstation that connects to a hub lower in the network stratum.