[tulip] problem with LNE 100Tx v4.1

[Hank Barta]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Chris Reed wrote:

> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:05:20 +0000
> From: Chris Reed <cr212@iname.com>
> To: tulip@scyld.com
> Subject: Re: [tulip] problem with LNE 100Tx v4.1
> 
> By outgoing connections, do you mean TCP?  And does UDP (e.g. name lookups)
> somehow work just fine? Did you try earlier versions of the module before
> this one? Are you using a switch or a hub?

    Yes, it is easy to test TCP (ftp, telnet). I'm using a Linksys
    10/100 hub. I've tried versions of the module current with
    2.2.14 and 2.2.17 kernels, along with the 'current' and 'test'
    version of the driver from Becker's site.

> I had very similar problems.  I gave up, and put my old card back in the
> machine, leaving the LNE100TX in. Then, when I rebooted, both cards were
> working fine. (Removed my old card, and the LNE100TX still worked).  What I
> *think* was happening is that the card was put into a broken state when I
> tried to use the old drivers, and when I switched the machine off to add the
> old network card, it reset itself. This was with a 100Mbit switch, so I
> think what happened was that the card was in half duplex, and the switch in
> full duplex.  This, I *think*, is why ping worked (single packets at a time)
> whereas TCP doesn't (lots of packets in quick succession when you establish
> a connection).

    Very good point! I don't often power down my box and most boots
    try to load an unsuccessful module before I try to load a
    modified version. I deleted the tulip modules in /lib/modules/...
    and shut down *and* powered off before trying again. Unfortunately
    it did not help.

    (tulip-diag describes the card as being in half duplex mode and the
    box for the router says nothing about full duplex operation, so I
    believe that these are correct.)

    thanks,
    hank

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