On 13 Aug 2006 05:28:41 -0700, "aljuhani" <private.mailbox@gmail.com>
wrote in <1155472121.560382.72830@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>:

>John Navas wrote:
>> On 12 Aug 2006 13:08:08 -0700, "aljuhani" <private.mailbox@gmail.com>
>> wrote in <1155413288.796522.279960@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups .com>:
>>
>> Not so surprising: All 4 LAN ports are probably controlled by a single
>> chip.
>
>Well surprise surprise. when I changed "Link Speed / duplex mode",
>under the NIC advanced tab, from "auto negotiation" to "10 Mbps / half
>duplex" the network connection immediately established with firm
>non-flashing port led on the router!.
>
>Any ideas?

Autonegotiation was problematic in some early chips.

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