network intermittancy
I am having trouble with the network going out on my IBM 560Z (300 MHz
PII). I am running Debian 2.0.36, my eternet card is a 3Com is a
3C574-TX. I use the computer mainly in a docking port which provides
2 extra PCMCIA slots. The problem occurs whether the network card is
physically in the laptop or in the docking station.
The symptom was originally that I would boot up in the morning and
everything would work fine for about 2 hours. Then the network would
go away. This is not a thermal problem, as it never happens under NT
on this dual-boot machine. Unplugging and reinserting the card seemed
to have mixed results. Often, it seems like the card manager is out
to lunch, as I get no beeps upon unplugging and replugging. Sometimes
after 5 minutes the network comes back, but it is very flaky
thereafter.
I thought I solved the problem the other day by adding the line:
PCIC_OPTS="extra_sockets=1"
to my pcmcia.conf file. This has improved things, apparently. I went
for a day and a half after making this change before it failed again.
Any ideas? Hope I'm not doing anything dumb, as I'm new to Linux (but
not unix).
Thanks in advance,
Biff
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Dr. William A. Heindl
CASS/UCSD-0424 email: biff@ucsd.edu
9500 Gilman Dr. phone: (858)534-8016 fax: (858)534-2294
La Jolla, CA 92093 www: http://mamacass.ucsd.edu:8080/people/wheindl.html
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