Hey I had one of those hubs... used it for 3 weeks by putting Ice packs (the non water kind) on top of it to keep it cold. *grin*....
James On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 13:51, David Rankin wrote: > The PNIC2 eth0 tx hung mystery has been solved. I though I would share the > solution. Background: the eth0 error started showing up after a large > thunderstom rolled through Texas around Christmas. The problem would come and go > appearing mostly when the network was under high load due to backup. Sometimes > the error would cause the hub to shutdown (so I thought). > > We'll, checking each connection at the hub revealed that the hub would crash > when I connected the server to the hub. This combined with the PNIC2 eth0 > message caused me to suspect the Linksys LNE100TX card in the server. So I found > another one in Nacogdoches (no easy task in Nacogdoches, Texas). Replaced the > card repowered the hub and all was well (I thought). I started the backup and > went to lunch after watching for 10 minutes to make sure all was well. > > Got back from lunch - everything was dead again. Well, as it turns out, it > wasn't the server network card, but it was a problem with the hub. The fan in > the old CNET 8-port was dying and causing the hub to overheat. The LM server was > the only machine on the network smart enough to log any errors. Being the > server, it also carried the most traffic and would cause the hub to overheat > once connected making it look like a server network card problem. > > Thanks for everyones help with this problem over the past few weeks. And, > did I tell you, I only had to drive 60 miles to find a new 8-port! > > I would check each connection with the > > James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Ran some throughput tests about 6 months ago... rough test nothing fancy > > 3c905's seemed to give me 45mbs real throughput... the linksys about > > 42mbps.... Honestly.... I can't think of a reason why you wouldn't stay > > with them the price/performance point is pretty solid from what I see. > > (and Linksys doesn't freak out when you call them and say Linux...!) > > > > James > > > > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 22:02, David Rankin wrote: > > > Listmates, > > > > > > I have convinced myself that the PNIC2 eth0 messages I have been > > > receiving lately are signs that my Linksys LNE 100TX pci NIC is slowly > > > dying. It only flakes out under high load conditions like pulling a 600M > > > backup across the card. Anyway, after 2 years of faithfull service, I > > > wouldn't mind buying another one for the box, but I thought I would first > > > check to see if you guys had any other suggestions. My LM box still runs > > > Odyssey (7.2) and serves 8 clients. The only time it sees a heavy load of > > > throughput is when I backup to another machine on the LAN. > > > > > > At $14, it's hard to say no to another Linksys, but if I could benefit > > > from getting a better card, that's what I'm here trying to find out. What > > > are some of your favorites for a small server? > > > > > > -- > > > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > > > Rankin * Bertin, PLLC > > > 510 Ochiltree Street > > > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > > > (936) 715-9333 > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > (936) 715-9333 > (936) 715-9339 fax > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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