Re: Debian Netatalk and Ethernet cards
On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Richard L Shepherd wrote:
> I happily use netatalk on 3 debian machines using ethernet cards which all
> use the wd driver module. Today I go to set it up on a DEC XLe6180 which
> has a builtin Intel EtherExpress 100 card in it. The IP drivers work
> great at both 10 and 100 Mbps. However Netatalk just isn't happy, it
> can't see the appletalk network out there (well it kind-of worked once out
> of many tries---picked an invalid net number and could aecho some other
> machines...).
>
> I didn't think it was relevant which ethernet driver I was using, but
> eventually, after comparing with the other machines I have, it all pointed
> to the ethernet card and driver being the culprit! Sure enough someone
> tells me that appletalk won't go on any Intel cards, is this true? If so,
> are there any other cards people know of that I should stare clear of to?
> I'm installing this server for lots of people with Macs to share files
> with...
Further to this problem I have experimented some more and have the
following results, all on the one machine, using different cards,
attempting to run netatalk on the same network:
Card Description: Driver (Module): Results:
----------------- ---------------- --------
Intel EtherExpressPro 100 (builtin) eepro100 BAD
Digital 21140 tulip BAD
Western Digital 8013EPC wd Excellent
While all work fine for regular IP (the first 2 especially nice as they do
100Mbps) only the last one is consistently good for seeing the (large)
appletalk network we have here...weird, annoying and frustrating...
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Richard Shepherd (richards@waikato.ac.nz)
Phone: 07-838-4764
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