On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 18:56, Alan Poulton wrote: > Hi list > > I'm really new here, so if I left some information out that would help > you help me, please don't hesitate to ask me for the extra info, and > possibly how to obtain it. This is sort of a two part problem. If the > first part has no solution, then I need help with the second part. > > I'm trying to set up Debian as a router/firewall and having problems > with the NICs. I originally installed Potato, and have upgraded the > kernel to 2.4.17, adding in support for the NIC drivers as I go. For > hardware, I have: > > eth0 is: SMC 1660t ISA, using driver ne2000, and connects to the > Internet via DSL DHCP. > eth1 was: DLink DFE-530TX, PCI, using driver Via Rhine. > > When I would connect another PC (running Windows) to eth1, I would get > errors:
Well, maybe that is your problem. Are you using the proper cable for direct connections: a cross-over cable? The best method is to get a cheap 5-port hub or switch. $50 is the most you should pay. Here, straight-thru cables are used. These are by far the most common type of cable. (The benefit is that now you can easily add 3 more PCs at any time.) > eth1: Oversized Ethernet frame spanned multiple buffers, entry 0x9 > length 319 013f2810! > eth1: Oversized Ethernet frame c13d2090 vs c13d2090 > > After each error, the "frame" number in "ifconfig eth1" is incremented. > > Typically I would get the error as soon as I connect the Ethernet cable, > or, on booting up the second PC, or sometimes just after pinging back > and forth a bit. Sometimes after the frame buffer error, the link is > "dropped", so I have to type "ifdown eth1" then "ifup eth1" to > restablish the link between the computers. MTU on the Windows machine > is set to 1500, but I've also tried 1428. > > The above is the first problem. Now for the second: > > I thought that maybe the problem is the NIC used for eth1 (Dlink). So I > swapped it with an SMC 1211TX (PCI) from another computer, and I'm now > having problems getting Linux to boot with the drivers installed. > > I compiled in the driver for RTL8139, and have tried both regular and > support for older 8129 cards. > > When I can boot, with the RTL8139 not compiled in, I type lspci, I get: > "00:13.0 Ethernet controller Accton Technology Corporation SMC-1211TX > (rev 10)" > > When I compile in support for RTL8139, the boot process hangs with "PCI: > Setting latency timer of device 00:13.0 to 64" > > And that's where I stand.. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements | | and make them into big productions." | | Pitr Dubovitch | +------------------------------------------------------------+
