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Date:      Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:27:49 -0700
From:      "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com>
To:        "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, "Mike Dorin" <bsd_mike@hotmail.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   finding if my nic is working or not 
Message-ID:  <003d01c0c69a$9a1f7530$a86657ca@client2>
References:  <003401c0c631$f3210ae0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>

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How can i find that my card"in my case 3com earthlink 10 mbps ISA" is
working or not ..
cuase when i try to assingh is a ip addressvia ifconfig it hangs the whole
system i have to restart the whole system then...
another card on the same machine is working well

thanks
Faisal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To: "Mike Dorin" <bsd_mike@hotmail.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:59 PM
Subject: RE: Memory Tools for FreeBSD?


> I've found that there's only one way to really know if your
> memory is up to snuff - put it into a SIMM/DIMM tester.
> Even then, all that will do is tell you that the memory
> meets it's own specs - it won't tell you if the memory is
> actually compatible with the system that you put it in.
>
> Failing that, what your doing (attempting to compile
> programs) is a much better test than most of those
> so-called "pc testing" programs like Checkit and so on.
> I've seen plenty of systems that passed memory tests
> but broke on FreeBSD.  OS/2 is also a very good memory
> tester - if you can't boot an OS/2 bootable floppy without
> it trapping, then bad ram is definitely indicated.
>
> What most people do when suspecting bad ram is to take half
> the chips out, retry the thing that caused it to crash, then
> see if the problem is still there.  If it is, then swap out those
> chips with the half that you first took out and retry again
> and see if the problem goes away.
>
> 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 Mike Dorin
> >Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 2:30 PM
> >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >Subject: Memory Tools for FreeBSD?
> >
> >
> >My new freebsd server crashes when I try to build things like ssh.
> >I suspect it is a memory problem.  Are there any tools that could
> >help me exercise things like memory to be sure?
> >-Mike
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