Hi! Recently, I installed a D-Link DFE530TX board into a Dual PII system running Linux (SuSe 6.0, 2.2.5 Kernel). Installing the via-rhine driver module was no problem, but it doesn't quite work: network traffic very often "hangs" for 10-15 seconds, my network switch (and Linux) record lots of transmission packet errors, and I get /var/log/messages swamped with error messages. I've attached a short snippet to this. I tried versions 1.0 through 1.3a of the var-rhine driver to no avail, I tried to compile it into the kernel instead of a loadable module, and I even tried to use only half duplex transmission. I think I remember reading about this same problem somewhere else, but I don't think I saw a solution anywhere. Any help is greatly appreciated! Cheers --- Hartmut
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