The only NIC's from 3COM I'll run with Linux are the PCMCIA adapters. PC NIC's have given me nothing but hassles on previous RH versions so I avoid them.
<<JAV>> On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 20:33, Dan Donathan wrote: > I find that odd (though believable) that on of the most popular network > cards in existence has a problem in RHL 8. I remember having problems > with NICs in RHL 5 or 6, but 8? > > I suppose I'll try a different brand (Netgear's always been good to me), > but part of me wants to try and stick it out and figure this issue out. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: System Drops off Network > > I had a box running RedHat 7.3 doing this with the exact same NIC. Put > a Netgear NIC in, and the problem hasn't come back (8 months now). I've > > also had problems with Linksys NIC's on Linux. > > Dan Donathan wrote: > > Agreed, there may be an issue with the driver, etc., but I don't > believe > > it to be the NIC going bad. > > > > Has anyone else had an issue similar to this? Like I said, there > doesn't > > seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe Polk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: System Drops off Network > > > > I've seen funky problems with 3COM NIC's on Linux in the past, so > don't > > discount it. > > > > <<JAV>> > > > > On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 18:12, Dan Donathan wrote: > > > >>It drops and does not come back until a reboot. Will check on > > > > ifconfig. NIC is a 3Com 3C905C, worked no problem in Windows for a > year. > > I don't suspect the NIC. > > > >> > >>Thanks. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tue 3/18/2003 3:08 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Cc: > >> Subject: Re: System Drops off Network > >> > >> > >> > >> Dan Donathan said: > >> > Hello All, > >> > > >> > List newbie. Excuse any faux pas. > >> > > >> > I have a system that ran Windows 2000 and all the trimmings. > > > > Now that RHL > > > >> > 8.0 is loaded, it randomly drops off the network. The system > > > > doesn't lock > > > >> > and I can't seem to find any correlation looking at the system > > > > logs. One > > > >> > suspicion I've had is that it's related to the Red Hat > > > > Network, but I > > > >> > haven't had a chance to look into that. Any ideas? > >> > >> > >> does it drop off and come back eventually by itself? or no? what > > > > does > > > >> ifconfig show when it drops off? what kind of network card? is > > > > the link > > > >> light on when the system is 'dropped' off the network or not? > >> > >> nate > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> redhat-list mailing list > >> unsubscribe > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
