I double checked with the sysadmin who had problems with 3Com Cards (once and then) spontaneously sending broadcast when the card turns old.
He says, it is not Windows specific, but happens on Linux too and he once read some article where 3Com confirmed the problem - however: no reference given. Message from him (in spanish) copied at the bottom of this mail Regards, Jorge-León El mié, 15-01-2003 a las 10:56, jernej horvat escribió: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 11 January 2003 14:20, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > > I am use since 1988 only 3Com Cards and never had problems with it... > > Well eversince i use 3com i had problems with it (novell, os/2...). > I doesn't work well under heavy load. Might be the "drivers" in linux, but > otoh Intel nic's work out-of-box. > > meine 0.02 e > - -- > "We should not be trying to use technical solutions > to solve a social problem." > [Thomas R. Stephenson ("about SPAM" - Pegasus list 16.12.1999)] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+JZK5EyTmlrVpUvwRAknLAJ43vtA72t50lSKWG+Qbeh+Cq/CVRgCffLcc > t4KF5pZXKwokw9YdT71R2Rg= > =/92x > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hola Jairo! > > El lun, 13-01-2003 a las 11:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > ... >> de mi experiencia el broadcast lo genera desde Linux y desde Windows. > ... > > Se me podrías dar algunos detalles técnicos sobre la falla, los comparto > en la lista. De otra manera no puedo mantener el argumento. el problema con la 3com es que con el tiempo el chipset empieza a enviar paquetes de tipo broadcast sin que nadie se lo pida, eso lo podes descubrir con un software analizador de paquetes o de manera chapiolla usando el comando ping x.x.x.0 -b de esa forma analizar cual tarjeta en tu segmento esta haciendo broadcast pero la mejor forma es con un analiador de paquetes y miras los envios de tipo broadcast que la jodida esta haciendo sin sentido y sin que nadie se lo pida una vez lei un articulo de 3com sobre ese fallo que ellos reconocieron que era cierto. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]