[vortex-bug] [3c905B] 2kb/s receive, 30kb/s transmit

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Adam wrote:

> If there is no compiled version of that program, then as far as I know I 
> cannot run it (I know little about C/C++ compilation under linux, but we 
> have no compilers, a very slow net connection, and none of the 
> headers/standard sources that I think are needed for compilation?).

Well, debugging without the proper environment is kind of hard. There is 
little point in providing a precompiled version of the diagnostic tools as 
they were purposefully written to be able to run on as different 
as possible combinations of kernel and libc; there is no guarantee that a 
precompiled binary would work on you computer - there are simply too many 
possible combinations.
Compilers and headers are usually included in the distribution; check your 
media.

> Life is hard with 1.2k/s internet connection (rural phonelines).

The diag tools are small and, being C code, can be compressed quite well. 
You probably need about a minute to download them.

> And no, I hadn't noticed people being asked to use this program before, 
> or I would have tried it.

You surely missed it.

> What are "forged" NICs?

That's also in the archives: cards that appear to come from 3Com but are 
produced and sold illegally by others - they seem to behave a little 
different than the original 3Com ones.

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Bogdan Costescu

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