Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:21:01 +0700 (NOVST) From: Alexey Privalov <lucky@land3.nsu.ru> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gavin=20Kenny?= <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, mauler@beldar.com Subject: Re: 3com509-TPC Etherlink stalls Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108072319310.1870-100000@land3.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20010803084022.40270.qmail@web20002.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, [iso-8859-1] Gavin Kenny wrote: > >>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 it isn`t right.. we have a PII-500 a have such problem :(( > 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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