Re: Broadcom network card

Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad wrote:

> hi!
>
> I have a dell PowerEdge 2650 with a broadcom gigabit card. The machine 
> has been working, but now I'm not able to get any packages over the 
> ethernet card. I run redhat 7.3
>
> We think the problem started after we changed the switch from a 
> 100Mbit/sec switch to a 1Gbit switch.
> The error I get is "tg3_stop_block timed out".
>
> The lights on the network card are lit.
> If I unplug the network cable, I get a message "eth0 down", and when I 
> plug it back in, I get "network up...." (+ some info)
>
> I've tried to change back to the old switch, but I still don't get any 
> packages over the ethernet card.
>
> When trying to list the "routes", I only get the one of the local net 
> and localhsot.
>
> I can ping localhost and my own IP, but I can't ping the gw or the dns 
> server
>
> I've tried to change the driver to bcm5700, but still no luck.
>
> any hints?
>
>
> regards
> Asbjørn
>
>
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get an real server NIC!  I've seen lots of problems with these......I 
replaced with server NIC from Intel or 3com, problem solved.

good luck,

Oskar