[Cooker] 3C905b driver problem
3C905b ethernet card uses by default 3c59x module. Using it where moderate payload (15 simultaneous local ftp connections), i encountered severe problems (lag, timeout, etc...). Local network topology can be responsable in part, but i also found this in /var/log/kernel/info : Nov 6 11:35:17 agathe kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82. Nov 6 11:36:57 agathe last message repeated 59 times Nov 6 11:38:22 agathe last message repeated 99 times Nov 6 11:53:09 agathe last message repeated 12 times Nov 6 11:54:11 agathe last message repeated 2105 times etc... Switching to 3c90x module (the one created by 3Com) solved the problem. At least it stopped the error messages :-) Maybe this last should becomes the default driver ? -- Guillaume Rousse Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will. O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
Re: [Cooker] 3C905b driver problem
Hi yall, I'm using 2 of these cards on my pc here and it works with no prb using the 3c59x module... 3C905b ethernet card uses by default 3c59x module. Using it where moderate payload (15 simultaneous local ftp connections), i encountered severe problems (lag, timeout, etc...). Local network topology can be responsable in part, but i also found this in /var/log/kernel/info : Nov 6 11:35:17 agathe kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82. Nov 6 11:36:57 agathe last message repeated 59 times Nov 6 11:38:22 agathe last message repeated 99 times Nov 6 11:53:09 agathe last message repeated 12 times Nov 6 11:54:11 agathe last message repeated 2105 times etc... Switching to 3c90x module (the one created by 3Com) solved the problem. At least it stopped the error messages :-) Maybe this last should becomes the default driver ? -- Florin http://www.linux-mandrake.com
Re: [Cooker] 3C905b driver problem
from the quill of Guillaume Rousse [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3C905b ethernet card uses by default 3c59x module. Using it where moderate payload (15 simultaneous local ftp connections), i encountered severe problems (lag, timeout, etc...). Local network topology can be responsable in part, but i also found this in /var/log/kernel/info : Nov 6 11:35:17 agathe kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82. That sounds like a hardware/network problem. A quick search of the net finds a really good explanation of exactly what the driver is telling you: http://www.beowulf.org/listarchives/linux-vortex-bug/1999/10/att-0004/01-TX-problem.txt Switching to 3c90x module (the one created by 3Com) solved the problem. At least it stopped the error messages :-) Maybe this last should becomes the default driver ? NOO! That driver is very bad. When I used to work in the IT department at TurboLinux I used to change all of our machines from the 3com driver to the Donald Becker driver. The 3com driver: o hung the machine for 5-10 seconds when configuring interfaces o paniced machines when used too many times to reconfigure interfaces o did not support altering the MTU (in source even) to over 1500 for 802.1Q routers b. -- Brian J. Murrell
Re: [Cooker] 3C905b driver problem
"Brian J. Murrell" a écrit : That sounds like a hardware/network problem. A quick search of the net finds a really good explanation of exactly what the driver is telling you: http://www.beowulf.org/listarchives/linux-vortex-bug/1999/10/att-0004/01-TX-problem.txt That supports my primray idea the local network was a piece of shit... My brillant idea of Mandrake network install to students was a fiasco :-( Switching to 3c90x module (the one created by 3Com) solved the problem. At least it stopped the error messages :-) Maybe this last should becomes the default driver ? NOO! That driver is very bad. When I used to work in the IT department at TurboLinux I used to change all of our machines from the 3com driver to the Donald Becker driver. The 3com driver: o hung the machine for 5-10 seconds when configuring interfaces o paniced machines when used too many times to reconfigure interfaces o did not support altering the MTU (in source even) to over 1500 for 802.1Q routers Ok, thanks for the info. Now i know how to choose :-) -- Guillaume Rousse Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will. O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
