On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 11:53:55AM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 11:16:23AM +0100, Tony Hoyle wrote: > > Enabling promiscuous mode & leaving it a few minutes on the fa311 makes > > it start working. I'll have to stick a line in /etc/network/interfaces > > until I get a better card. > > Or just upgrade your kernel. The card is OK from my experiences, and > the driver saw a fair bit of development since the 2.4 kernel's > original release. According to the changelog, multicast was fixed in > version 1.0.7 of the driver (which corresponds to which Linux kernel, > exactly? Damn this lack of revision control.). > > The changelogs indicate that performance related work was done as well, > so you might find that you aren't so desperate to replace the cards if > you upgrade the software that drives them...
erm ... missed the begining of this thread, but i have had a stack of problems with duplex-ness with these cards. check that the card and the switch/hub are in the same state. full/half duplex etc ... yours, kim -- :Kim_Hawtin:--------------------------------------:-----------------: | A.L. Digital Ltd. Tel: +44 (20) 8742 0755 | "Gag me with | | The Stores Fax: +44 (20) 8742 5995 | a Volvo!" | | 2 Bath Road http://www.thebunker.net | - Linus -o) | | London W4 1LT http://www.aldigital.co.uk | Torvalds /\\ | | UNITED KINGDOM mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | _\_V | "Shouldn't you read the instructions?" -Hobbes "Do I look like a syssy?" -Calvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
