Re: Bizarre tulip receive problem

Thanks for your quick reply

>On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Paul Jones wrote:
>
> >   My D-Link System Inc DFE-500TX Fast Ethernet card is having problems
> > receive packets on a regular and timely basis.  For example here is the
> > output of a ping command to a computer on my network
> >
> > PING 192.168.0.177 (192.168.0.177) from 192.168.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of 
>data.
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.0.177: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=1708 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.0.177: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=696 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.0.177: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.565 ms
> > 64 bytes from 192.168.0.177: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=1622 ms
>...
> > Index #1: Found a Digital DS21143 Tulip adapter at 0xd800.
> > Digital DS21143 Tulip chip registers at 0xd800:
>
>What driver version are you using?
tulip 0.9.15-pre11

>What is the detection message?
Oct 26 19:26:35 localhost kernel: tulip0:  EEPROM default media type 
Autosense.
Oct 26 19:26:35 localhost kernel: tulip0:  Index #0 - Media 10baseT (#0) 
described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block.
Oct 26 19:26:35 localhost kernel: tulip0:  Index #1 - Media 10baseT-FDX (#4) 
described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block.
Oct 26 19:26:35 localhost kernel: tulip0:  Index #2 - Media 100baseTx (#3) 
described by a 21143 SYM PHY (4) block.
Oct 26 19:26:35 localhost kernel: tulip0:  Index #3 - Media 100baseTx-FDX 
(#5) described by a 21143 SYM PHY (4) block.
Oct 26 19:26:35 localhost kernel: eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 48 at 
0xd800, 00:40:05:A0:0D:0C, IRQ 10.

I also get this message frequently (in /var/log/messages):
Oct 26 19:26:38 localhost kernel: eth0: 21143 10baseT link beat good.
>
> >   I am running Redhat 7.3 with the 2.4.19 kernel.
>
>That's very likely your problem...
How is that a problem?  I downloaded and upgraded the kernel from source.  I 
compiled the driver into the kernel.

Thanks again


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