[ixp1200] Network Cards' Compatibility with the Octal ports o f IXP1200

[Brandewie, Dirk J]

The single orange light denotes that the port is running at 
10Mbps.  When both led's are lit the port is running at 100Mbps

--Dirk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tan Chee Wei [mailto:eng80386 at nus.edu.sg]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:10 PM
> To: ''ixp1200 at CS.Princeton.EDU ' '
> Subject: [ixp1200] Network Cards' Compatibility with the 
> Octal ports of
> IXP1200
> 
> 
> hallo,
> 
> I have some network cards that seem not compatible with the octal
> ports of the IXP1200 ie. the LEDs show an orange-colored signal when
> connected using those network cards and not the green-colored 
> indication.
> I have 6 working 3-Com cards, and all have that same 
> problems. I also have
> 2 similar working Xircom cards, one gives a green-colored 
> signal and the
> other not.
> It has been traced down to be the problem of the network cards and 
> not software or PCI planes.
> Does anyone have any idea, why ?
> 
> Thank You and kind regards,
> cheewei
>