> On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 06:29:42PM +0530, mukund wrote: > > >> think that the ISP should cause any problems ... > >> i wanted to ask one thing though ... this machine is around 2-3 > >> years old compaq presario ... does this mean that it might have some > >> older version of the NIC which runs in half duplex > > > >I too faced this problem on One of Compaq server, but later on I shifted to > >eepro, personally I feel if you need performance then go for good nic like > >eepro. > > Unfortunatly. There was a bug in the eepro kernel code in RedHat 7.2. > However even after Upgrading the kernel to the latest > > kernel-2.4.18-19 > > from redhat updates, the bug still seem to persist. After installing > RedHat 8.0, since the kernel was 2.4.18-14, I expected it to work with > eepro100. However the bug which stops communication to the server once > you start transferring or accessing files, still persisted. > > Anybody using eepro card without the above bug ? Which kernel > version/sub version are you using ?
Aap Ka Bol Rahe Hai, The Compaq ships eepro (may be eepro100) (Intel) card with their all server and I have installed Linux (from potato to woody) on at least 10 Compaq server, but never faced any problem. Some of the servers have three NIC. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
