Messages in this thread | | | From | "Chris Jones" <> | Subject | Wierd network problem | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 1999 02:38:15 +0100 |
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Hi
This one has had me stumped for a while.
On my local LAN, there are several machines, some Linux, some Windows. I have a DLink net card (DE-530 I think) in my box which the tulip driver (0.89H) idetifies as a DC21041. Most of the other machines are using 3COM Etherlink 2 cards (all dated 1991!) and the 3COM 3c503 kernel driver. There is one machine on the network that is using a Realtek (8019 afair) using the ne2k-pci driver from RH6 2.2.5-15 kernel.
Speeds from my card to any of the 3COM cards (or anywhere else in the world) are just fine, as are speeds from the 3COM cards to any others locally, or elsewhere. The Realtek will work just fine with any card on the network or in the world, except my DLink.
I have tested the RealTek card in different machines, with different kernels, on different networks. Even with the Realtek machine behind a 3COM machine using IP-masq, we never get above 10KB/sec between my DLink and the RealTek. I have replaced hubs, cables, everything. No matter what factors I change, it always comes down to these two cards simply not liking each other.
I would have just put it down to "driver oddity" were it not for the fact that it still displayed the strange behaviour behind IP-Masq'ing. This just doesn't make any sense to me.
Has anyone got any ideas or suggestions for what I can try to debug it?
For now, the RealTek is gathering dust in a cupboard and has been replaced with a 8029 RealTek that does work, but I want to get the problem solved, it's bothering me!
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