Re: LAN access fails after 5 seconds
what is the full output of ifconfig? it shows packets sent/recieved
dropped, errors collisions etc.
i have a tulip card as well(2.0.36 kernel though)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:30:FF:19
inet addr:208.222.179.31 Bcast:208.222.179.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:77575475 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:78566865 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:2 carrier:4
Collisions:0
Interrupt:12 Base address:0xd000
(this is after 139 days running..)
i suggest checking on NASA's site (i forgot the url, go to
http://yahoo.aphroland.org and search for nasa) there may be an updated
driver, the author of most of the NIC drivers got into a arguement with
linus and alan(kernel maintainers) because the way he updates his drivers
are not what they like(or others), so chancesa re the drivers in the
kernel are (very?) old..even if the kernel is brand new.
nate
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Raymond L. Zarling wrote:
rayz >I have just installed Debian 2.2.12 on my Pentium 150 and have spent an
rayz >entire day trying to get my LAN card working for longer than 5 seconds.
rayz >
rayz >It is a Kingston KNE100TX, using a DS21143 chip manufactured by Intel.
rayz >Several documents say the tulip driver should work although Greg Siekas
rayz >mentions on his web site
rayz >(http://www.bmen.tulane.edu/~siekas/linux-tulip-information/tulip.html)
rayz >that some versions of tulip have had problems with the -43.
rayz >
rayz >My symptoms: The NIC activity light blinks constantly, as though there was
rayz >a lot of traffic. This appears to be bogus, since when I shutdown it
rayz >continues to blink; I can even reboot without it losing a beat. (Turning
rayz >off the power does reset it!) I believe my software configuration is OK,
rayz >since dmesg shows nothing suspicious and--get this!--if I "ifconfig down"
rayz >and then "ifconfig up" again the manic blinking stops for about 5 seconds.
rayz >In fact, by recalling and entering a "ping" command immediately after
rayz >coming back up, I see I have a successful connection! The pings start
rayz >timing out when the manic blinking starts again.
rayz >
rayz >I should mention the exact same hardware works fine under Windoze 98. Under
rayz >Linux, "ifconfig" shows the card using the same irq and memory as it did
rayz >under Windoze.
rayz >
rayz >I got the source code for the 4/14/99 version of tulip from Greg's page. It
rayz >compiles fine, but I can't install it because it was "compiled for kernel
rayz >2.0.36" and I'm using 2.2.12. I can't figure out where the 2.0.36 comes
rayz >from; the only linux kernel headers I can "find" (and therefore these must
rayz >be the ones gcc uses? how is this configured?) are in
rayz >/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.2.12/include/linux where UTS_RELEASE is correctly
rayz >defined as 2.2.12.
rayz >
rayz >So...
rayz >Can anyone give me a hint on how to compile tulip to run under 2.2.12?
rayz >Or any hints on what else to look for that could cause this strange problem?
rayz >
rayz >Thanks
rayz >
rayz >--Ray Zarling
rayz >rayz@toto.csustan.edu
rayz >
rayz >
rayz >
rayz >--
rayz >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null
rayz >
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