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Re: 3C503 quits responding to network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Woods)
Sat Apr 29 10:00:10 1995
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 09:09:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Woods <cjwoods@gigotech.net>
To: Gary Anderson <ganderson@clark.net>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu,
Paul Gortmaker <paul@rasty.anu.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950427194023.4068A-100000@ganderson-ppp.clark.net>
On Thu, 27 Apr 1995, Gary Anderson wrote:
> 1.2.4 (and 1.2.6), along with Paul Gortmaker's NE2000/8390 patches against
^^^^^^
Yup. (Was usinf NE2000's, but not using Paul's patches)
> Here is what shows up in the syslog:
>
> Apr 27 13:21:31 garc kernel: eth0: transmit timed out, TX status 0x0, ISR 0x0.
> Apr 27 13:21:31 garc kernel: eth0: Possible network cable problem?
Same thing.
> Any pointers about where the problem is would be greatly appreciated.
I was getting the exact same behavior on a couple machines using cheap
NE2000 clones. I ditched the NE2000's for SMC Elite, and all is well. Not
even a hiccup since then.
Perhaps Paul's patches work (from the stats and reports I've seen here,
indeed they do), but IMHO it is so much easier (and less costly) to
replace the $40 NE2000 with an $80 SMC Ultra, and avoid the trouble.
Chris Woods
Network Manager
USAinternet, Inc.
800-236-9737
cjwoods@noc.usa1.com
