I have had problems with integrated Intel Nics, but the PCI Dual Port Intels have worked flawlessly. Imagine that. 3Com is still the preferred card.
Jeff Reinhardt XFire Software & XFire Web ________________________ http://www.xfireweb.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Haskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] 5am, Rebooting server. Web messaging crashed with no load on it. > Lots of trouble with Intel nics...especially integrated Intel nics. The > Intel nics that I have been able to get to work are much slower than 3Com. > Just my additional .02 worth. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Madscientist > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 6:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] 5am, Rebooting server. Web messaging crashed > with no load on it. > > > We use Intel nics with solid results. > 3Com is nice too, but sometimes gives us trouble. > We stay away from the rest. > My 0.02 > _M > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Haskett > | Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:37 PM > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] 5am, Rebooting server. Web messaging crashed > | with no load on it. > | > | > | And I am adding my 2 cents worth to the discussion. I wouldn't THINK of > | running any other NIC card but 3Com on something as critical as a mail > | server. I have never had a minutes trouble with 3Com which is more than I > | can say for Intel, SMC, and all those cheap imitations of NIC cards. > | > | -----Original Message----- > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Tolmachoff > | Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 8:56 AM > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] 5am, Rebooting server. Web messaging crashed > | with no load on it. > | > | > | Since I have not seen any other mentions, here is my .02. > | > | I have seen elsewhere problems with certain NIC cards. > | > | What NIC card are you using? > | > | Is anything else running on the server? > | > | John Tolmachoff > | Network Engineer > | > | 211 E. Imperial Hwy., Suite 106 > | Fullerton, CA 92835 > | 714-578-7999, ext. 104 > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | www.reliancesoft.com > | > | > | > | -----Original Message----- > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of discuss > | Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:53 AM > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: [IMail Forum] 5am, Rebooting server. Webmessaging crashed with > | no load on it. > | > | I followed the discussion here since the last call on my service > | contract call to Ipswitch was met with someone who could not > | answer one question without putting me on hold and asking someone > | else. > | > | I monitored to try and see when the web messaging was dying. > | > | I thought maybe a heavy load? > | > | Today, this morning. Minimal users on, no one with large boxes (a > | suggested culprit). Memory never peaked high, cpu running fine, > | web monitoring on - web messaging dead. > | > | Joy. > | > | Joy. > | > | Joy. > | > | Since Ipswitch's crack technical support team is now beyond my > | want to pay - has anyone who had web messaging issues found a > | solution that worked for them? To quote wargames, I would piss on > | a spark plug if I thought that would help. It crashes every 2-3 > | days. I tried rebooting nightly to see if that would help. > | Nope. I have thought of imgate, but really the load was so light > | this morning, I can't see offloading the smtp service as having a > | giant impact. > | > | I have had it. I have lost customers, lost users, lost hair. > | > | I am running with the latest patches. I have a gig of ram, > | running nt4 with all the patches, nothing recently. I connect in > | with PCanywhere sometimes. It is registry based, the registry is > | 42mb big with the abilit to grow to 90. I run diskeeper to > | defrag the drives, the system drive is seperate than imail. I > | have the swap on another drive. The swap is 3x my memory. The > | system is normally run logged in lately so I can monitor the > | system (logged into nt, not pcanywhere always) > | > | Am I missing anyting? I am tired, waking up to fix webmessaging is > | no treat. i just wrote a script to reboot the server when it > | stops repsonding, since in the past it has stopped responding > | because of crashes. At this point, who knows, and I wish I could > | say who cares (which then I guess I could be hired by ipswitch) > | > | I am so past disgusted. Good thing email is important to people... > | > | Sorry if this is ranting, sorry if this is rude. I am just at the > | end of my rope with Ipswitch. I just can't believe they would > | release patch after hacked together patch for a piece of software > | that is so mission critical. I think of starting all my backend > | stuff from scratch with new software and I want to cry (no it does > | not directly interact with the system past adding users at a rate > | of 100 a day). I don't need this. I can't wait to be tired and > | crabby at my later tonight valentine's dinner. > | > | Thanks ipswitch. > | > | ________________________________________________________________ > | Get your own evilemail.com address at http://www.evilemail.com > | > | > | > | > | > | Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > | to be removed from this list. > | > | An Archive of this list is available at: > | http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > | --- > | [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > | > | > | > | --- > | [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > | > | > | Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > | to be removed from this list. > | > | An Archive of this list is available at: > | http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > | > | > | Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > | to be removed from this list. > | > | An Archive of this list is available at: > | http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > | > | > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ > [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses - XFire Web (http://www.xfireweb.com/)] > > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses - XFire Web (http://www.xfireweb.com/)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. 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