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12 years ago

lan91c111 autonegation

Hi First let me start by describing the hardware that I am using. I am using the SMSC LAN91C111 ethernet MAC & PHY which is driven by the NIOS II processor . I am not using a EEPROM in ...
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12 years ago

Hello,

What have you configured the autoneg link advertise register to be? Have you tried connected it to a link partner with autoneg disabled? i.e. connect it to your PC, and force your PC to 100MB HD? Or disabled autoneg on your side and try to link it with a device. Can you read the link partner advertised ability register? Make sure you are advertising abilities you have in common with the link partner.

Good luck.