First post, by radiance32
Hi all,
I've got a Netgear FA411, which is a 16-bit PCMCIA ethernet NIC,
with 10/100Mbits speed, and it's NE2000 compatible.
I'm using it on a HP 200LX Palmtop, eg a PC/XT architecture, but with a 80186 CPU.
I'm using the "LXETH" DOS packet driver for NE2K compatible network cards,
and have the NIC connected to a Netgear 8 port 10/100/1000Mbit switch (which is a separate/firewalled DMZ-like network for servers).
After loading LXCIC to enable the card, and then the NE2000 DOS packet driver I found online called "LXETH",
So I'm loading it in my autoexec.bat with: LXEN2216.COM 0x60
0x60 is the interrupt address I've given it.
The card works fine, I can use the mTCP application with it and it's %100 working and stable,
BUT!,
It doesn't do 100Mbits, it always negotiates a 10Mbits link with my switch. (I've tried with 2 different switches, a Netgear and a D-Link)
Does anyone here know why the card negotiates 10Mbits and not 100Mbits,
and, how I can configure or force the card to negotiate a 100Mbits full-duplex link ? (in MS-DOS when using the card with a packet driver for usage with mTCP)
Thanks for your time!,
Radiance
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