On 14 Mar 1997, Sven Rudolph wrote: > Brian Freeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 1) I just installed the lasted release of debian on a pentium 166 system > > with 64 megs of ram. This system has a pci etherlink XL card in it. > > > > Problem: I am having major delays in ftp'ing or telneting to any site from > > this system. When I try I get excessive delays when prompted for a username > > and passwd from the remote system. Once I get through that I also have the > > same delays if I use any commands such as "cd" or "ls" or give a command to > > download a file. > > I have the same problem here. I believe I saw a patch for this on a > web site listing inofficial Linux patches, but I don't remember the > URL. (This patch was for the 3c59x driver and was described to fix > some problem that occured on high network highload.)
We're about to buy our first XL etherlink card. I already saw the URL: http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html Hope it helps. Syrus. ---------------------------------------------------------- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept.