Re: "resetting" a network card
On Friday 07 March 2003 07:23, mtsouk@freemail.gr wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Mike M wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 20:48:18 -0500
> > From: Mike M <linux-support@earthlink.net>
> > To: mtsouk@freemail.gr, Gabriel Granger <gabe@bdmedia.co.uk>
> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: "resetting" a network card
> >
> > On Thursday 06 March 2003 10:13, mtsouk@freemail.gr wrote:
> > > Thanks for answering.
> > >
> > > I am afraid that this is not what I want:
> > > The problem is that the network card, after lots of data (about 4GB) -
> > > either in receive or in transmit, stops responding correctly.
> > > So I want to somehow "reset" in order to see if this will solve my
> > > problem.
> > >
> > > Any other ideas please?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I am curious about the type of card your are working with - RTL8139 by
> > any chance? The problem you describe has a certain familiarity to it. --
> > Mike M.
>
> One of the network cards that I have seen the problem is a RTL8139. But I
> have also seen the same problem with 2 Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 network
> cards.
Have you found any indications of a related problem in the /var/log/messages
file? Something like "Oversize Ethernet frame"?
--
Mike M.
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