There are a ton of errors with 3Com NICs that have been addresses by loading the latest driver from 3Com. See http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/46.html#NIC for the details.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Neiberger" To: Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: RE: 2924XL and Blue Screen of Death: Resolved [7:33203] > I don't think the issue is the switch, but the fact that spanning tree > is running. I would guess that any feature that causes the network to > be unavailable when one of these machines boots up would cause this > problem. In fact, it happens even if you're not connected to the > network at all. > > The problem appears to be a combination of issues with the NIC and the > new Novell Client software. This problem does not occur in the previous > software with these same NICs. > > John > > >>> "Bill Carter" 1/25/02 10:13:01 AM >>> > I wonder if these cards would have problems with 3Com switches???? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > John Neiberger > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 2924XL and Blue Screen of Death: Resolved [7:33203] > > > Well, sort of resolved. This turned out to be a known issue with Dell > machines, specifically machines using a 3COM 3C905C NIC. They expect > the network to be available almost immediately upon bootup and can't > handle the delay caused by spanning tree. In some cases, even > portfast > did not reduce the time sufficiently. > > So, watch out for those 3COM NICs! > > John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=33220&t=33203 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
