Re: Ethernet problems: old 3c509b card is having overrun and errors

2003-03-11 Thread Calyth
It seems that at least switching to the other card doesn't seem to lead to overruns and errors. I'll have to run some transfers to be sure. Thanks lots for the help! Is there others here who know about software channel bonding in Linux? It would be an interesting thing to do. Calyth -- To UNSUB

Re: Ethernet problems: old 3c509b card is having overrun and errors

2003-03-11 Thread Calyth
Well I got a spare 3c509 that has not been used. I suppose I could try that card too. I got no spare cable, but if the spare card is also having problems, that would give me a good idea what's going on. Thanks all for the help! Calyth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Ethernet problems: old 3c509b card is having overrun and errors

2003-03-11 Thread Jean-Marc V. Liotier
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 14:29, Jason M. Harvey wrote: > > actually, i had the same exact problem! mine was an isa 3com, i think > the 3c509c... Me too, I had two 3c509 ISA (out of the three I had) die in similar ways in the few last weeks. I guess they are beginning to show their age. signature.

Re: Ethernet problems: old 3c509b card is having overrun and errors

2003-03-11 Thread Jason M. Harvey
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 05:03, Calyth wrote: > I've been using 3c509b cards before, but it seems that this one, at a > uptime of 8 days, as a samba server, it have encountered 182 errors and > 185 overruns upon receiving 838.6 "MiB" (excuse my ignorance, but I > can't recall what MiB means. It has

Re: Ethernet problems: old 3c509b card is having overrun and errors

2003-03-11 Thread Geordie Birch
said Calyth (on 2003-03-11), > 185 overruns upon receiving 838.6 "MiB" (excuse my ignorance, but I > can't recall what MiB means. It has to be something bytes, but what?) >From http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=136 Giga- A Prefix meaning 1 Billion, or 10^9 of something.

Re: Ethernet problems: old 3c509b card is having overrun and errors

2003-03-11 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Calyth wrote: > I've been using 3c509b cards before, but it seems that this one, at a > uptime of 8 days, as a samba server, it have encountered 182 errors and > 185 overruns upon receiving 838.6 "MiB" (excuse my ignorance, but I > can't recall what MiB means. It has to b

RE: Ethernet problems: old 3c509b card is having overrun and errors

2003-03-11 Thread Colin Ellis
Sounds more likely to be a hardware problem. Check cables with a cable tester and try changing the network card. These problems aren't normal and a 486/32MB ram configured as a samba server for a small no of users should be ok. To answer the question on ethernet card bonding, it's possible to ge

Re: Ethernet Problems

1998-05-10 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Sat, 9 May 1998, jscogin wrote: > I use the install program to install my Ethernet card. It finds the address > and IRQ. I then configure the name and IP address. It says it is configuring > the driver eth0. I then install the kernal, but when I reboot, the eth0 > driver is not loaded and it sa

Re: ethernet problems

1997-06-09 Thread W Paul Mills
On Sat, 7 Jun 1997, Jesse Goldman wrote: > Hi, > > I've just put a 3c900 card in my linux machine and it's giving me > problems. Kernel version is 2.0.30. From what I could ascertain, the new > version of 3c59x.c is a plug-in replacement for the old one without 3c900 > support. Accordingly, I rep