Re: 4-port NICs?

[Anthony Walters <anthony.walters@dkit.ie>]

RituRaj wrote:

> We use number of 4port NIC of DLINK-DFE-580-TX on
> redhat9. We dont have any problems with the supplied
> driver (source) with dlink CD. Should work with debian
> too.
>
> The driver is for 2.4 kernel.
>
> Regards;
> Rituraj
>
>  
We are using one of these 4 port DLINKS and are having some trouble with 
it, I'm running sarge on a 2.6.8 kernel, the card resets itself during 
normal operation and interrupts traffic for a few seconds, the kernel 
logs the following:

Apr  6 15:47:55 10.0.0.1 kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
Apr  6 15:47:55 10.0.0.1 kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, TxStatus 00 
TxFrameId 10, resetting...
Apr  6 15:47:55 10.0.0.1 kernel: 00 1cea2000 1cea2010 00008001(00) 
06c19012 800005ea
Apr  6 15:47:55 10.0.0.1 kernel: 01 1cea2010 1cea2020 00008005(01) 
12513012 800005ea
.
.
.

I'm using the sundance driver that came with the 2.6 kernel, not from 
the CD.......

A bit of googling and it seems that other people have had the same 
problem and i haven't come across a resolution yet.

Anthony