I used the natsemi.o from Bering. They posted a new driver (thanks, Jacques!) and everything's been fine since.
http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/bering/latest/contrib/drivers/scyld/ If that is your problem, you could recompile it yourself. The instructions for setting up a development environment on your client box were posted shortly after the fix. Harry lbilyeu wrote: > Note: Harry Kitt's message & his problem > "driver appeared to work, but would randomly drop the connection. > Probably not recompiled for the Bering's kernel/compiler." > ---was because he used drivers from his Dachstein disk. > > I've tried editing shorewall to use each of them as the external > interface to make sure it wasn't a card specific problem. > Firewall's internal eth always works, I can always ping the numerical > address of the firewall from internal machines. And I can always reach > weblet. > ---They all passed the diagnostics from RealTek rtl8019.exe when > booted from a DOS floppy. > ---They are all set to jumpered mode (not PNP) and physically set the > jumpers. > > quoting guitarLynn "What exact model/make card are you using.... a > lot of "compatible" > cards aren't even compatible at all. " > --Each of them has the Novell YES logo silk-screened onto the NIC's > board. > > "you will also need > to load the "mii" module as well." > ---These are ISA rtl8019 cards. I've never heard of needing mii.o > ---Is it something new? > > As to what make & Model, > --- one of them is a Farallon 8019, > the other two weren't proud enough to put their names on the board. > I assume they were relying on the NovellYES logo. > > I'll pull the machine apart & get more identifiers from the cards > later tonight. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
