The linux kernel list might be a better list to ask these questions.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 06:38:43PM -0800, Daniel Bush wrote: > I just recently purchased two D-Link DGE-500T network > adapters; one placed in the NT server, and the other > placed in a linux box running 2.4.14. The card in the > nt box runs fine, however having tried two diffrent > drivers (ns820 and ns83820) in the linux box does not > allow the card to work as expected. > > The linux box acts as a bridge between the nt > server and the various segments (the nt server > connects directly to the linux box - idea to increase > the bandwidth of this connection to 1GBit.) It also > acts as a ipmasqing gateway/firewall for access to the > internet for the two internal networks through an > ethernet connection to a cable modem. Also acts as a > gateway between the two internal networks and to > direct incoming VPN connections from the internet to > the NT server. > > With the ns820 driver the card will work fine but > will not work at a 1Gbit data rate - works at > 100Mbits. > > The ns83820 driver will allow me send normal sized > pings to the server and allow me to see the rest of > the network from the nt server, but not much else. > Trying to transfer any files between windows boxes > over 300-400 bytes will result in the a error message > to the effect of 'This device is no longer available > on the network'. It would almost seem as there is > some problem handling fragments with this driver or > that there is some type of mtu bug. > > Any help is appreciated...as well as any > recommendations for a decent 1Gbit networking card > that runs well under linux 2.4.x. > > Thank you > _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
