[vortex] Errors!!

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, DrDeath wrote:

> Hi, i am running a Linux server useing a 3com 3c905b Network Card. And we
> are getting slow performance and lots and lots of errors which is causeing
> major lag. i was wounder what is wrong with it and how do i fix it?
> ...
>           collisions:5706 txqueuelen:1000
> ...
> eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82.

This is a typical misconfiguration of duplex capabilities. Most probably,
one device (card or switch) is forced, while the other is trying to
autonegotiate; the solution is to allow both devices to autonegotiate.
Please read http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html.
You can also try to run 'mii-diag -v' (also available from scyld.com) to
find out about media settings.

Sincerely,

Bogdan Costescu

IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY
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