Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:40:01 -0700 (PDT) From: tedm@toybox.placo.com To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/3887: fxp driver looses packets Message-ID: <199707250740.AAA20011@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/3887; it has been noted by GNATS. From: tedm@toybox.placo.com To: <freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org> Cc: Subject: Re: kern/3887: fxp driver looses packets Date: Fri, 25 Jul 97 00:42:21 We also use these cards - and noticed similar symptoms under Windows 95. The problem turned out to be a bad network card, we replaced it and the problem went away. We also had a problem with corrupted packets on the 100BaseT network around the same time and traced the problem to an early-revision Intel 100baseT hub. According to Intel, there is a known problem with their earlier 100BaseT hubs corrupting packets under heavy load. This same model hub is still being sold by Bay Networks. Sites that have standardized on a single vendor (Intel) for their hubs and adapter cards should test for errors on 100BaseT networks under heavy load. Intel also recommends checking cabling on all 100BaseT installations - pins 2 and 6 should be twisted together on UTP used for 100BaseT.
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