Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 13:06:08 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: freebsd@alcatraz.wolfpaw.net Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Urgent] 3Com 3C90X Cards not Compatible? Message-ID: <39B00C30.203978D5@urx.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0009011350330.30075-100000@alcatraz.wolfpaw.net>
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freebsd@alcatraz.wolfpaw.net wrote: > > Greetings, > > Recently I changed the ethernet cards in our gateway from 2 D-Link > 538TX's to 2 3Com 3C90X's don't remember which one, the 100BaseTX full > duplex ones (509b maybe?). Anyway, when we had the D-Link cards in the > machine, all was good - no problems. Yesterday I added the 2 3Com cards > and now it will just reboot - with no notice - spontainiosly. Its not a > huge issue, but it causes intermittant 2 minute network failures, which is > just really teally annoying. There are no system logs to show the reboot, > and it doesn't even stop to dismount the drives, which is > worrisome. Anyone have any ideas on why this might be occuring? or > how I can find out? Ive tried fstat (as we had another FreeBSD server > crash from a crond prog that left open files everywhere) and it doesn't > seem to show any problems. I have two machines running 905b. I pulled the Intel 100+ out of one of them because it would loose full duplex after awhile. It seemed to have back pressure on it when tightened down with the screw. The 3Com didn't have that problem. I would pull them out and reseat them. It sounds like one wasn't seated properly. Kent > > Thanks in Advance :) > Dale > Sysadmin, Wolfpaw.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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