Scandisk

[Rodney Kanno]

Hi Warren,

K I did a little reading and I got the 2.4.7 kernel upgraded and running 
succesfully..whew..but I think the network card or something related to it is 
still the problem because I get the same problem. I tried running "ifconfig" 
earlier and the output looked similar to what you have posted, however there 
was a difference. If I recall correctly, there was another "entry" in between 
"BROADCAST" and "RUNNING" I will run it and post the results once I get home.

Up until last night, I had two cards installed, a D-Link 530... and a Linksys 
LNE100TX..or something to that exent..will check when I get home.  I took out 
the Linksys and reconfigured, no help. I replaced the Linksys with the 
D-Link, still no help. Could it be that somehow my system messed up both 
cards? On my computer at school I am running a Linksys (same model) and so 
far so good.

Thanks,
Rodney



On Thursday 20 September 2001 03:41 pm, you wrote:
> This DOES sound familiar.
>
> What brand and model is your network card?
>
> After transferring many packets, does your "ifconfig" output show anything
> like this?
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:4C:69:6E:75:79
>           inet addr:24.25.251.205  Bcast:255.255.255.255 
> Mask:255.255.248.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1972759 errors:3524 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1055679 errors:827 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:12368 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:286281710 (273.0 Mb)  TX bytes:99777066 (95.1 Mb)
>           Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1000
>
> Can you post the output of:
> ifconfig
> lsmod
>
> Any number of errors, especially those that build up over time are usually
> the fault of a crappy or failing network card.  Sometimes a bad cable in
> conjunction with certain cards can cause this too.  The Wiki has an
> incomplete list of crappy hardware that you should avoid.
> http://www.mplug.org/phpwiki/index.php?CrapHardware
>
> You should especially avoid those CNET brand network cards at Byteware. 
> Out of the 12 that I have bought over the years, 10 of them have eventually
> failed with tons of errors, spitting out tons of erroneous MAC addresses on
> outgoing packets.  I have heard of other people with other models of CNET
> 10/100 cards having the exact same problem.
>
> A few cards that I buy these days that seem to work fine...
> 3Com 3c905/920 - $50+
> Linksys LNE100TX v4.1 tulip kernel driver - $25
> SMC EZNet 10/100 rtl1391too kernel driver - $22
> DLink 10/100 has the same controller as the SMC card, but I haven't tested
> it.
>
> The really cheap SMC card comes with many name brand PC's these days, so
> I'd think it is pretty safe.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodney Kanno" <pepe65 at hawaii.rr.com>
> To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:07 PM
> Subject: [luau] Re: Scandisk
>
> > Hi Warren,
> >
> > I dunno if my last reply came though..I don't see it. But anyway, t seems
> > like the problem i'm having has something to do with my network. For some
>
> odd
>
> > reason, when I disable the network, Linux runs fine, as soon as I enable
>
> it,
>
> > Linux runs sloow again (my 200mhz runs faster).  Any ideas/suggestions?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Rodney
>
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