I've been useing the same NIC cards and getting the same problem. Does
anyone have any info on these cards? Could they be part of the problem?
-Wes
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From: kristof kowalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 3:03 AM
Subject: nic collisions
>hi all. =)
>
>just wanted to know if someone could answer a couple of questions for
>me, i'm kind of baffled here at the moment. <sob>
>
>i have a realtek8029 (ne2000 pci compliant) card. it worked fine in a
>machine i have, i then moved it to another pci based system and ever
>since then it has started getting network collisions on that port. my
>guess is the resource settings on the card. this card is a simple 10bT
>card with nothing special on there.
>
>the only difference since the move of the card is, i have have switched
>from a coaxial based setup to a twisted pair one. could it be that the
>actual port is dead?
>
>the nic could also be set to full duplex somehow. is there an option to
>disable this option, or somehow at least check under linux. i've seen
>this to be the problem in many a setups in my time. since the hub is
>only a simple half duplex entity.
>
>anyhow. i wanted to know how to set the interrupt and io settings for
>the card. i do an ifconfig eth0 irq 10 and it says that it's not
>supported. i check the /proc/pci resources and it always has it as
>interupt 5. i have pasted this on.
>
>PCI devices found:
>Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
>Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
>Medium devsel. IRQ 5. I/O at 0x6400.
>
>here is also my ifconfig.
>
>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:E8:D6:7A:1D
> inet addr:199.107.139.10 Bcast:199.107.139.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:9860 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1256
> TX packets:10753 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x6400
>
>can someone help. the above settings don't show any collisions but it
>comes up on the hub. i have tried kernels 2.0.35 and 2.0.36. download
>2.1.132 in case there is something happening with the pci n2k.
>
>thanks heaps. =)
>
> kristof kowalski // [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>xircom technical support :: http://www.xircom.com
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