Nah! They have their problems as well. You just need to load the latest NIC driver and check their settings. Just read the link that I posted earlier, it covers most of the issues discovered with switches and NICs (including Intel).
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/46.html#NIC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Larrieu" > To: > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:23 PM > Subject: Re: 2924XL and Blue Screen of Death: Resolved [7:33203] > > > > gee, and my customer happens to have a 3com NIC. whaddaya know!!!!!! ( he > > has a generic PC, but what's sauce for the goose... - guess I will tell > him > > to try an Intel NIC ) > > > > Chuck > > > > ""John Neiberger"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > 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=33248&t=33203 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
