1. Network hanging - Tulip driver with Netgear (Lite-On) NIC
2. I am trying to prepare a new firewall host with a Pentium III and
three Netgear NICs and am experiencing considerable trouble with the
combination:
Kernel 2.4.[01]: ifconfig shows that the card see's traffic on the
network, but does not transmit anything (no response to ping).
Kernel 2.2.16: appears to work, but only for a short while. In
particular, running IPTRAF, with the card in promiscuous mode, will work
for 2 - 5 minutes, then the card will hang. The ONLY recovery that I have
found is too reboot the machine.
Using the kernel 2.2.16, I have tried various combinations:
? I have removed all but one of the NICs; no change.
? I have changed the version of the tulip driver: I have tried
0.89H, 0.91g, and 0.91g-ppc with similar results on all drivers.
3. Keywords: modules, networking, tulip drivers
4. Kernel Version : 2.2.16 / 2.4.1
5. .
6. Environment:
Hardware : ASUS P3W-E motherboard; Netgear FA310DX (LC82C169C) NIC
Software:
--Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
--unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux newgate 2.2.16 #2 Tue Feb 20 08:40:04 SAST 2001 i686 unknown
Kernel modules 2.4.1
Gnu C egcs-2.91.66
Binutils 2.9.1.0.25
Linux C Library 2.1.3
Dynamic linker ldd: version 1.9.9
Procps 2.0.6
Mount 2.10l
Net-tools 1.55
Kbd command
Sh-utils 2.0
Modules Loaded tulip bsd_comp ppp slhc
-- cat /proc/cpuinfo :
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 655.850
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 3
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 pn mmx fxsr xmm
bogomips : 1307.44
7. I am currently running a similar configuration on an older Pentium
166 MHz, with three Netgear cards, as my present firewall host - Linux
2.2.16 + ipchains, and experience no problems with this combination.
I am at a total loss as to what steps to try next. Any advice / comments
would be appreciated.
Regards
=Pat
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Pat Verner E-Mail: [email protected]
Isis Information Systems (Pty) Ltd
PO Box 281, Irene, 0062, South Africa
Phone: +27-12-667-1411 Fax: +27-12-667-3800
> three Netgear NICs and am experiencing considerable trouble with the=20
> combination:
>
> Kernel 2.4.[01]: ifconfig shows that the card see's traffic on t=
> he=20
> network, but does not transmit anything (no response to ping).
Use a current 2.4.*-ac. Jeff and co fixed this we think.
Alan
Rebuilt the kernel using using 2.4.1 + patch-2.4.1-ac20 :
Initial state is good, and now ping works. However, if I run IPTRAF, then
the card grinds to a halt after receiving about 2.6 Mbytes on try 1, then
11 Mbytes on try 2, after which it will neither receive or transmit :-(
After this the card is in a state such that it requires a reboot to be able
to do anything further.
=Pat
At 10:42 AM 22/02/2001 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > three Netgear NICs and am experiencing considerable trouble with the=20
> > combination:
> >
> > Kernel 2.4.[01]: ifconfig shows that the card see's traffic on t=
> > he=20
> > network, but does not transmit anything (no response to ping).
>
>Use a current 2.4.*-ac. Jeff and co fixed this we think.
>
>Alan
--
Pat Verner E-Mail: [email protected]
Isis Information Systems (Pty) Ltd
PO Box 281, Irene, 0062, South Africa
Phone: +27-12-667-1411 Fax: +27-12-667-3800
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > three Netgear NICs and am experiencing considerable trouble with the=20
> > combination:
> >
> > Kernel 2.4.[01]: ifconfig shows that the card see's traffic on t=
> > he=20
> > network, but does not transmit anything (no response to ping).
>
> Use a current 2.4.*-ac. Jeff and co fixed this we think.
Credit almost 100% to Manfred Spraul for isolating the problem, making a
patch, and passing it around for testing... I was just the merge monkey
in this case :)
Jeff