[vortex] Strange 3c905c problem [rolf@noxs.nl]

[Donald Becker]

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Rolf wrote:

> I run a server with a Asus A7V266-e motherboard and 3c905c network card
> and kernel 2.4.18.
> Everything works fine when using a 10Mbs connection. When I switch to a
> 100Mbs connection traffic from the server works fine, but as soon as I try
> to download something to the server the network connection stops
> completely (no traffic in or out). When I stop the download the connection
> starts functioning again after a few seconds.
> The network connection works fine when I use an other NIC.

What driver version?
Any error messages from the driver?  (Run 'dmesg')
Any errors reported in /proc/net/dev?

My first guess is that you have a duplex mismatch and out-of-window
collisions.

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