3c905 with new kernels wont load certain web sites...

[Shon Martin]

Austen:
	My first thought is name resolution. Find out the ip address of
the metalab site, or others, and see if that works. If so, there is your
problem.
	I had a prof here who once installed some shareware something or
another on a win95 machine. Wouldn't connect to very specific sites. Took
me ages to fix it. Turns out the shareware installed a hosts file, with
outdated addresses.
	I'd check the /etc/resolv.conf file, /etc/hosts, and anything else
related to resolving. The long hanging usually tells me its a resolver
issue.
-Shon

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Austen McDonald wrote:

> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 17:13:01 -0400
> From: Austen McDonald <austen@admin1.coosa.tec.ga.us>
> To: linux-vortex-bug@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov
> Subject: 3c905 with new kernels wont load certain web sites...
> 
> 
> 	Strange problem:  I have a 3c905 (not B) and just installed Red Hat 6
> (kernel version 2.2.5 rel 15).  Im running the newest (stable) version
> of 3c59x (version 99Kb).  And for some reason my machine refuses to
> communicate with certain web sites (one of which is metalab.unc.edu just
> for an example).  It wont give me any errors just sit there in the
> browser or FTP session or whatever Im running.  Many other sites work
> fine but some just dont seem to work at all.
> 	I had this problem earlier with the same card when I tried to upgrade
> my kernel - my solution was just not to upgrade (that was from 2.0.34 to
> anything higher).  However, I blamed this functionality (unwisely) on
> the kernel being a development one.  Well, Im not going back now and
> would like to fix whatever problem this is.
> 	
> 	Its not a problem with my internet settings - PPP works fine.  It works
> fine in Win98. Ive tried flipping full duplex (both using the
> 3c90xcfg.exe and the full_duplex option) on and off but that didnt
> affect the problem.  Ive reinstalled the driver many times but that
> didnt work.  All Im running as daemons are network, xfs, gpm, lpd,
> syslog, and sound.
> 
> 	If anyone can help Id appreciate it...
> 
> -- 
> Austen "Danger Powers" McDonald
> austen@admin1.coosa.tec.ga.us
> stu9781@westga.edu
> 
> I'm only attending school until it becomes available on CD-ROM.
> 
> -Anonymous 6th grade student
> 
> Gather up your pity and turn it into ambition, now put your vehicle in
> drive
> and stop by my side.
> 
> -Coolio
>