pcnet32 AMD PCnet no activity LED/FDX LED

What are you connecting the NIC to please?

To the Full Duplex Fast Ethernet Port of my Cisco Router through my inhouse cabling.
It negotiates with Full Duplex Fast Ethernet, ethtool and Cisco IOS report this

mm@mm:~$ sudo ethtool enp6s1
[sudo] Passwort für mm:
Settings for enp6s1:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: No
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Supported FEC modes: Not reported
        Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                             100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
        Link partner advertised pause frame use: No
        Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 1
        Transceiver: internal
        Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
                               drv probe link
        Link detected: yes
mm@mm:~$

Sounds like the route is only advertising 100Mbps. Check the Cisco configuration and make sure that you have the latest firmware in the kit. What model Cisco device do you have please?

Cisco IOS Software, C800 Software (C800-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.9(3)M3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Cisco C886VA-K9 (revision 1.0)
It is the latest FW.

I don't know why it only offers 100 MBit/s, but I haven't set the speed option in the interface in IOS, but I could set it to 10 to try it out.

But I don't think this has something to do with the Activity LED of the NIC.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/887-integrated-services-router-isr/data_sheet_c78_459542.html

Your device does 10Mbps or 100Mbps.

So... No bug. It's running as expected

I think you misunderstood me.
It is about that the Activity and FDX (Full Duplex) LED on the NIC in my PC do not light up as I expect them to.
The LEDs itself are ok, ethtool -p makes them flash.

Your ethtool output shows the interface is 100/full

I don't know what else to advise. Sounds like an LED is weird. Are you seeing full duplex traffic?

That's what I'm asking for. The LED is electrically working, I can use ethtool -p ifname to make FDX (indicating Full Duplex) and ACT (Activity) flashing, but both are dark in normal operation, but they should light up.

I thought this might by a driver (kernel module) issue.
I might also boot another OS and try it there.

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