Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:50:22 +0200 (MET DST) From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl> To: dg@root.com Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ethernet card incompatibilities? Message-ID: <199706031750.TAA29066@gvr.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <199706031039.DAA06008@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Jun 3, 97 03:39:38 am"
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David Greenman wrote: > >I've got a network with bothe an old 8 bit smc 8003 card > >on it and a Digital DC21041 on it. > > If it's an 8003, then it's a Western Digital, not an SMC, right? > > >When I have data transfers going on from the DEC card to the SMC card, > >I am seeing input errors on the SMC card. Is this a known incompatibility? > >The erros are not all equal. I'm seeing : 81, 86, a1, 21 and 1 > >(see if_edreg.h at 'Receiver Status Register (RSR) definitions' > >for an explanation of these errors). > > Hmmm. This sounds like a cabling problem like a crushed ethernet coax > cable or something - especially since you're seeing CRC and frame alignment > errors. > After rethinking my reasoning (i.e. relaizing it was bogus reasoning) I replaced one of the coax cables and the problem was solved... Thanks! -Guido
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