"Brian J. Murrell" a �crit :
> That sounds like a hardware/network problem. A quick search of the net
> finds a really good explanation of exactly what the driver is telling
> you:
>
>
>http://www.beowulf.org/listarchives/linux-vortex-bug/1999/10/att-0004/01-TX-problem.txt
That supports my primray idea the local network was a piece of shit...
My brillant idea of Mandrake network install to students was a fiasco
:-(
> > Switching to 3c90x module (the one created by 3Com) solved the
> > problem.
> > At least it stopped the error messages :-)
> > Maybe this last should becomes the default driver ?
>
> NOOOOOO! That driver is very bad. When I used to work in the IT
> department at TurboLinux I used to change all of our machines from the
> 3com driver to the Donald Becker driver. The 3com driver:
>
> o hung the machine for 5-10 seconds when configuring interfaces
> o paniced machines when used too many times to reconfigure interfaces
> o did not support altering the MTU (in source even) to over 1500 for
> 802.1Q routers
Ok, thanks for the info. Now i know how to choose :-)
--
Guillaume Rousse
Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will.
O'Tool's commentary : Murphy was an optimist.
