Re: Intel Pro/100 S Dual Port NIC and Linux

[J. Bobby Lopez]

Well, basically it just halts. I can do nothing but cold boot the
computer. No error messages, nothing.

What driver did you use exactly? I am actually trying to get this card
working on an IBM XServer 300 Series (1 U Rack mount) machine, running
Debian.

But as a testing machine here at my office, I'm using a simple Athlon K6
450 mhz machine, and a cheapy motherboard from Pine or something (VIA
Chipset), that supports other cards (including Intel cards) under debian.

The driver that I am using is the one off of Intel's website, the e100
driver.

When I tried to get this driver running under Kernel 2.4.19, I would get
kernel panics, but with 2.4.18, it just halts.


Bobby


Gene wrote:

> tried with both haven't had any problems. exactly what kind of server
> are you putting it on? also, what kind of problem are you having when
> you say "crashes"... I'm currently running it on RH8.0 with 2.4.18
> something, forgot, just did the kernel upgrade today... i love those
> rpm's : )... ** gene
>
> J. Bobby Lopez wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there anyone out there who is currently and successfully using the
>> Intel Pro/100 S Dual Port Server Adapter (NIC) with Linux. I've been
>> trying to get it working first under Kernel 2.4.19, then Kernel
>> 2.4.18 (thinking that 2.4.19 was too new and therefore not supported
>> by the driver on Intel's website). I haven't been able to get the
>> whole card working successfully.
>>
>> Sometimes I get eth0 working and pinging out to the outside world,
>> but then it crashes - so bad that it halts the system and I have to
>> do a cold boot.
>>
>> If anyone has had any luck with this adapter, any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Also, anyone has any luck with the 3Com Dual Port Adapters? Never
>> used them myself, but if they work any better under Linux than the
>> Intel cards, I would be inclined to consider.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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