Re: Debian Netatalk and Ethernet cards
On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
> > 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...
> On ot boxes that do not support apple talk, did you do a kernel compile
> specifying in the net section to include apple talk in the kernel? I
Er, if you read above, all those tests were on the same machine! (So they
must have had appletalk in the running kernel.) I ALWAYS recompile the
kernel to suit my setup.
The problem seems to be in the multicast part of the ethernet card
drivers...I'll await new versions for improvements.
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Richard Shepherd (richards@waikato.ac.nz)
Phone: 07-838-4764
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