Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Network card timeouts | Date | Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:16:23 +0100 | From | "Anders Linden" <> |
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Symptom: Network cards that stops working if they are sent enough data.
The cards I have got problem with this far: Intel Etherexpress Pro 100+ (some kernels ago). Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10
Occasion 1: The kernel version on the computers were 2.4.3. Every person in a single classroom had problem with Intel cards. They could not even fetch webpages before their consoles were spammed with a message like: network card timeout. All computers were Compaq. I dont know which hardware they had in addition to that. I have also had problems with Intel cards even after this occasion on other computers.
Occasion 2: The later card, Davicom, is probably not a well-known card, but nevertheless, it works like shit in Linux. I am using Redhat 7.1 and the kernel 2.4.2-2. If I send more than 10M to such a card in an interval of a second, it just quits working for 5 seconds. The card has no problems at all in other, third party operating systems, like Windows.
Is it the newest kernels that has theese problems? The first occasion was exactly after a kernel 2.4.3 has been released, and people I talked to said that 2.4.2 and network cards were better friends.
Thanks for your attension
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