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Re: 3C503 quits responding to network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Holloway)
Sat Apr 29 14:05:36 1995
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
From: Nick Holloway <Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk>
Date: 29 Apr 1995 12:30:41 +0100
Rob Janssen writes:
> According to Gary Anderson:
> > Trying to troubleshoot a recently set up a 386/33 with Linux, kernel
> > 1.2.4 (and 1.2.6), along with Paul Gortmaker's NE2000/8390 patches against
> > 1.2.6, using a 3C503 for the interface. Problem is, and has been, that
> > periodically the machine stops responding to the net.
>
> This is a problem not related to recent changes, it has been present for
> a long time. It looks like it is related to the speed of the machine.
> We have only seen it with an 8-bit 3c503 operating in a 386SX/20 machine.
> When the same card was plugged into a 486DX/33 it never happened.
A friend of mine has been having the same problem. On a 386/40 (Amd)
with 8Mb memory, with a ne2000 card (ELAN TBA revision D1 -- if that
means anything), he finds that incoming X connections die overnight.
This is consistent with the card not responding to incoming traffic.
If there are any patches that claim to try and cure this, pass them to me,
and I'll get him to try them. I haven't got him to try Paul's patches,
since they seem to address the problem of the ne2000 locking the machine
solid (which he hasn't had).
At least I can pass on the ping work-around. I think he was wondering
about the ability of Linux networking in general -- I was more willing
to blame the card.
There is also another problem that 1.2.0 fails to find the card when
booting, after shutting down, and he needs to boot 1.1.59 to find the
card, at which point 1.2.0 can find it. Wierd. Any comments?
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