Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 15:21:51 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> Cc: John Reddy <jreddy@lightning.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 3C509 - packet dropping Message-ID: <20001012152151.I37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010120858550.7999-100000@misery.sdf.com>; from tom@sdf.com on Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 09:00:27AM -0700 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20001010171808.04bab6f0@mail.lightning.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10010120858550.7999-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 09:00:27AM -0700, Tom Samplonius wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, John Reddy wrote:
>
> > I've got a 3Com 3C509 server NIC that every now and then will simply stop
> ...
> > xl0: no memory for rx list -- packet dropped!
> > xl0: no memory for rx list -- packet dropped!
>
>
> 3COM 509 + xl is notoriously troublesome. Use an Intel card (fxp
> driver) instead.
Except the 3com 509 and the xl driver are mutually exclusive. The user
has a reliable 3c905 actually and simply (as I already said) needs to tune
his network buffers more appropriatly.
I've already talked to one of his cohorts(hi gersh) off-list so this is a
dead issue (as far as this mailing list is concerned).
--
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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