Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 02:02:58 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Gavin Kenny" <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <mauler@beldar.com> Subject: RE: 3com509-TPC Etherlink stalls Message-ID: <003901c11bfb$1753e580$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010803084022.40270.qmail@web20002.mail.yahoo.com>
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The 3c509 is also a lot worse than the 3c509B and if you have a site of Windows systems there that you can swap cards around with, see if you can get a 3c509b it might help. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gavin Kenny >Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:40 AM >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Cc: mauler@beldar.com >Subject: 3com509-TPC Etherlink stalls > > >>>I have a 3com 3C509-TPC Etherlink III (ISA), >>>installed on interface ep0. I'm >>>running NAT on my box, with interface ep0 connected >>>to the outside world, >>>and interface ep1, >>>a 3com 509-Combo(ISA) connected to my internal LAN. >>>I noticed after a few >>>hours ep0 will stall and will not respond to >>>anything from either the >>>internal LAN or any external network. > >>>A quick "ifconfig ep0 down/up" fixes this problem >>>and interface ep0 works >>>correctly again. I'm wondering if anyone else has >>>experienced this >>>particular problem with the 3com 3C509-TPC >>>Etherlink III, and possibly, known solutions to this >>>problem. > >>>Thanks in advance, >>>Jamaal Sanford > > >This problem has been major headache for me - the >reason apparently is the driver which is flaky. Sadly >there is no solution bar getting a new NIC that uses a >different driver. > >I've been told that if you have a fast system (P200 or >better) then it isn't much of a problem. I don't have >such a machine, so I can't verify this. ;-( > >Gavin > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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