[realtek] Ping doesn't respond anymore after 5 good tests (Driver 1.12)

[Alain SMEDTS]

I forgot to send this to the list.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alain SMEDTS" <alain_smedts@hotmail.com>
To: "Donald Becker" <becker@scyld.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [realtek] Ping doesn't respond anymore after 5 good tests
(Driver 1.12)


> Hi,
>
> I did some more tests and received different error messages:
> Jan  8 20:55:46 Volcanus kernel: eth1: Ethernet frame had errors, status
> ffffffff. =>You alread explained this one
>
> these are new:
> Jan  8 22:36:22 Volcanus kernel: eth1: Ethernet frame had errors, status
> 0000C804.
> Jan  8 23:40:37 Volcanus kernel: eth1: Ethernet frame had errors, status
> 0908000d.
>
> Do these errors also indicate a hardware problem?
>
> The card currently used is an Accton Cheetah PCI Adapter (EN1207D-TX/WOL),
> but I had similar problems with a Planet Card (also a RTL8139). The cards
> are working fine in a W98 box. Under Linux it sometimes reboots the
server.
> With Compaq utilities I already changed the settings, they're currently:
> Port address: 7100-71FF
> Memory address: 34M, memory amount 1K
> IRQ: 5
> I also changed the card from PCI slot.
>
> Sometimes I can ping 3000 times without any problem, sometimes ping
doesn't
> even work after a reboot. Unloading the driver modules and reloading
doesn't
> help. I have to reboot the server.
>
> Any other advice on what I can do?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Alain
>
>