-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 05:01:28PM -0800, Alvin Oga spake thus: > > On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Sam Varghese wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > g'day all, > > > > i've just set up a debian box for use as a server, using woody. > > everything has gone well apart from this message which keeps coming > > through every now and then: > > > > netdev watchdog eth0 transmit timed out > > > > i used the 2.4 kernel which came with the disks - 2.4.18-bf2.4. the > > network cards on the box both use the rtl8139 module. > > just found out and confirmed w/ other mb/systems ... that > the onboard rtl (phy) chips running w/ sis900 drivers are worthless > at high network load ( say 5 5GB streaming video .. ) > - exact same watchdog error you got > > use a different motherboard or different pci-based nics > and the problem is gone > ( eepro-100 pci card or netgear fa310 or ??
thanks, alvin. there's no way i can change the mobo so i guess i'll have to get a couple of new nics. sam - -- Sam Varghese http://www.gnubies.com Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+PIZfZyXhknb+33gRAki2AJ4mjW0pUicP/eKA04nZV9/A1pSGmgCfcpkO RDBLddbbD2CZjtiwWSFYEBQ= =c8oy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]