[TriLUG] NAT / home network connectivity problem

[Reginald Reed]

Ditto on this one too.  I think you can set the speed and duplex in the
network control panel for Win95.  I'd hardcode the settings for
100/full.

--Reggie

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:trilug-admin at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Jason Tower
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:29 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] NAT / home network connectivity problem
> 
> 
> some 3Com cards have trouble with detecting the cable or 
> negotiating the link 
> speed and/or duplex (one of my 3com NICs ran into this at the NCSU 
> installfest).  not sure if it's a linux kernel module issue 
> or a hardware 
> (but i'm inclined to say hardware).  supposedly there exists 
> a DOS utility 
> that can be used to change the bios setting on the nic 
> itself, that might 
> bring you some relief.  i'm sure cnet.com or mr. google can 
> help you find the 
> utility.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Thursday 24 October 2002 00:36, Alan Ellis wrote:
> > I have an old Dell Optiplex GXPro running RedHat 7.2.  It 
> is doing IP 
> > Masq / NAT for my family's Win95 machine.  Ethernet 
> configuration is:
> > eth1: Linksys 10/100 LNE100TX v5.1 => cable modem
> > eth0: built-in 3c905 with 3c59x module => 192.168.0.1
> >
> > The win95 machine (192.168.0.2) has a 3com Fast Etherlink 10/100 
> > Bus-Master PCI card.  This is connected directly to eth0 by 
> a 20-foot 
> > crossover cable.
> >
> > Everything works *great* except that whenever we turn the win95 
> > machine on the two machines can't even ping each other.  
> Consistently 
> > I can solve the problem by unplugging the crossover cable from eth0 
> > and plugging it back in, and then the win95 machine can see 
> both the 
> > NAT server and the outside world.  Anybody know a better 
> solution?  Or 
> > where the problem is likely to be?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > --Alan
> >
> >
> > BTW (to follow up on an earlier thread) I did get Time 
> Warner to come 
> > install cable for RoadRunner.  I removed the hard drives 
> temporarily 
> > from my Linux box and swapped in a hard drive with Win98.  The tech 
> > looked at this long enough to check system requirements (32MB RAM, 
> > 110MB free, and no conflicts in device manager) then handed 
> me the RR 
> > software CD.  I shelved the CD, replaced the hard drives, 
> and was in 
> > business in minutes (though a little surprised when Linux knew the 
> > hostname that had been recorded in Win98!).  Thanks again 
> to those who 
> > advised this solution.
> >
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