Problems with an ax88140

[Donald Becker]

On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Carl-Johan Sveningsson wrote:

> I run a NIC using the ax88140-chip. Though, it seems it's not working
> properly. Something with ARP-request I believe, my computer have to ping
> others in a lan before they can access me. Very annoying.

The 88140 has an Rx filter that's unlike the real Tulip.  They require a
unique configuration setting to enable broadcast packet reception.  Try an
updated driver which adds this setting, either
   ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/tulip.c
or from
  http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/index.html
  ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/

Send a report.

Donald Becker					  becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
USRA-CESDIS, Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences.
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