Re: [SuSE Linux] Ethernet problem, maye the card...
I had also some problems with an NE2000 PCI NIC, after upgrading and recompiling the kernel to 2.036 everything works just fine. Best regards, Yves -- On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 13:23:43 Massimo Lusetti wrote:
I got a full featured LAN with some machines all working good, al the PCs have 3Com NICs ad one has RealTek RTL 8029 PCI NIC, this one produce random error on /var/log/messages after that the network on that specific machine wont work since reboot is needed. All this happen randomly!!! producing this error by the kernel in /var/log/messages kernel: eth0: mismatched read page pointers 4c vs 64 Telast two hex digits changes EVERY time the error occured. On that machine there'are no special network services (www & ftp) Note that the rest of the network continue to work correctly.
Any hints is welcome.
Massimo Lusetti
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On 29-Dec-98 Yves Van Belle wrote:
I had also some problems with an NE2000 PCI NIC, after upgrading and recompiling the kernel to 2.036 everything works just fine.
I was under 2.0.36 so is not my case. I wish to say that i've solved all having a 3Com ethernet card. ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Massimo Lusetti <m.lusetti@mo.nettuno.it> Date: 29-Dec-98 Time: 17:40:29 nothing to say... ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
Yves Van Belle wrote:
I had also some problems with an NE2000 PCI NIC, after upgrading and recompiling the kernel to 2.036 everything works just fine.
Ditto here, I have a Realtek 8029 PCI and it runs fine, under all my kernels. If you are getting strange errors, I suggest checking your cabling and terminators, especially terminators.
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 13:23:43 Massimo Lusetti wrote:
I got a full featured LAN with some machines all working good, al the PCs have 3Com NICs ad one has RealTek RTL 8029 PCI NIC, this one produce random error on /var/log/messages after that the network on that specific machine wont work since reboot is needed. All this happen randomly!!! producing this error by the kernel in /var/log/messages
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How do you check the cable and terminator , I usualy just run the diagnostics that caome with the card , but that will just tell you if you have a bad cable , nothing more. What is the procedure for checking the cable and terminators , Both Thin ethernet(bnc) and twisted pair. I had a real nasty intermitent problems with both a card and cable at the same time. Talk about pulling your hair. Out of frusttration opted to upgrade to hub and 100m mg twisted pair cards. Turned out real nice , exept for the 486 that wont run 100 mg. Cant win them all. At 11:47 AM 12/29/1998 -0500, you wrote:
Yves Van Belle wrote:
I had also some problems with an NE2000 PCI NIC, after upgrading and
recompiling the kernel to 2.036 everything works just fine.
Ditto here, I have a Realtek 8029 PCI and it runs fine, under all my kernels. If you are getting strange errors, I suggest checking your cabling and terminators, especially terminators.
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 13:23:43 Massimo Lusetti wrote:
I got a full featured LAN with some machines all working good, al the PCs have 3Com NICs ad one has RealTek RTL 8029 PCI NIC, this one produce
random
error on /var/log/messages after that the network on that specific machine wont work since reboot is needed. All this happen randomly!!! producing this error by the kernel in /var/log/messages
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Samy Elashmawy wrote:
How do you check the cable and terminator ,
I usualy just run the diagnostics that caome with the card , but that will just tell you if you have a bad cable , nothing more.
What is the procedure for checking the cable and terminators , Both Thin ethernet(bnc) and twisted pair. I had a real nasty intermitent problems with both a card and cable at the same time. Talk about pulling your hair. Out of frusttration opted to upgrade to hub and 100m mg twisted pair cards. Turned out real nice , exept for the 486 that wont run 100 mg. Cant win them all.
I'm embarrassed to give a simple answer, but "swap with known good ones". Sometimes just removing them and putting them back restores good mettallic contact. I would say to whip out a digital voltmeter, but I'm not positive what the resistance should be. Probably 50 ohms. But the cable can only really be checked for shorts or opens, since high frequencies are involved, a simple ohmmeter check won't be reliable enough. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
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