Re: [nsp] Re[2]: [nsp] FE port in I/O Controller of 7206VXR

From: Petri Helenius (pete@eunet.fi)
Date: Wed Nov 17 1999 - 00:46:41 EST


Joe McGuckin wrote:
>
> Why doesn't Cisco modify the driver to support 10Bt mode on the
> Ethernet chip (DEC TULIP). This is the same chip that is in
> $25 10/100 Ethernet cards that one can purchase at Frys. Yet this
> card sells for $2500 (list price) from Cisco.
>
It took them a few years to get the AMD Presidio2 chip on 26XX's and 36XX's
to run at 10 megabit full duplex. (and if you believe what they are saying,
about five million dollars) So I'm not surprised here.

> Microsoft seems to have no problem making their drivers for the TULIP
> run at 10 or 100Mbit...
>
Maybe grey elephants run faster than blue ones?

:-)

Pete

> William Chu <wwwchu@itsd.gcn.gov.hk> wrote:
> > The FE port on the 7200VXR I/O Controller is a pure FastEthernet, therefore
> > it only runs at 100 Mbps. However, you can switch between half or full
> > duplex.
> >
> > Please see if you can move a workstation from 100 Mbps to 10 Mbps and free
> > up a 100 Mbps port for your 7200VXR since most workstation's NICs support
> > 10 and 100 Mbps.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > William Chu
> > Technical Manager, CCIE #1247
> > Network Infrastructure
> > Information Technology Services Department
> > E-mail: wwwchu@itsd.gcn.gov.hk
> >
> > At 10:43 PM 1999/11/16 +0300, Basil V. Dolmatov wrote:
> > >On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Dimitri Sidelnikov wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi!
> > >>
> > >> Is it possible to make FastEthernet port in I/O Controller of 7206VXR
> > work at
> > >> 10Mb speed?
> > >Seems that answer is NO. Port on I/O controller is _pure_ FastEthernet.
> > >
> > >If someone correct me, I would be very glad.
> > >
> > >>
> > >> I urgently need to connect 7206VXR to the LAN, but unfortunately I have
> > not a
> > >> single 100Mb port available at the switch just now. :-( I searched CCO,
> > but
> > >> didn't find any clue...
> > >>
> > >
> > >--------------------------------------
> > >Basil (Vasily) Dolmatov CCNP-Security, CCDA
> > >East Connection ISP, Moscow, Russia. (http://www.east.ru)
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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>
> Joe McGuckin
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