Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 00:03:47 +0100 From: Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Mike <mgrommet@insolwwb.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with this network card / driver? Message-ID: <36589853.58BA9D8D@cybercable.fr> References: <199811222110.NAA13433@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > Hi guys... using 3.0 release on 2 servers....3.0 reports this particular > > card like this on boot > > > > lnc1: <PCNet/PCI Ethernet adapter> rev 0x25 int a irq 14 on pci1.5.0 > > lnc1: PCnet-FAST address 00:60:94:57:4c:f2 > > Yeah. The lnc driver is pretty marginal at the moment. I'd avoid it > if at all possilble. I ran some tests at the local IBM evaluation lab > and I wasn't too happy with the onboard ethernet. Try an Intel > EtherExpress Pro/100B instead if you're really concerned. Hello, Just for the record, I've set up a pretty ancient (but working well) 486DX2 - 66 from HP with an on-board Lnc NIC, and I've got lots of these errors (on a busy net). But the box is running happily. TfH > > > In any case should I be concerned at all? Like I said the machine hums > > along perfectly but being the paranoid little guy that I am, I want to know > > all the details before they > > reach up and bite me on the ass. > > If it's working OK, then it'll probably continue to work just fine. > It's quite likely that the BSD/OS driver just doesn't bother to report > this error (which seems to indicate a very busy ethernet). > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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