Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 03:33:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> To: waskita adijarto <waskita@itb.ac.id> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buggy 3c509 driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811090332000.5722-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981109101540.26053B-100000@elka-gtw.EE.itb.ac.id>
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Are you using the 3c509 or 3c509B? The normal 3c509 is crap, and 3com has destroyed it - i think. Make sure you ahve the 509B. I have it in my workstation, it runs great- but its only a workstation, not a server. Try the 3c905 for a server... -- Phillip Salzman "What the ehll idd i od with ym speelchkre?!" On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, waskita adijarto wrote: > * situation: > I used 3c509 Combo ISA ethernet card in some of my FreeBSD routers. > > *result: > - in heavy traffic, "no buffer space available" messages appeared in > syslogd. > - the card become unable to receive/transmit packet, after that > > *temporary (quick) solution: > reboot the machine whenever 'no buffer space available' messages start > to show up in syslogd. > *permanent solution: > - replace the 3c509 cards with NE2000 cards (or anything), > - put the 3c509 cards in non router machines (e.g: windoze box'). > > *question: > - is there a way to use 3c509 cards in FreeBSD ? patches ? > otherwise the cards will spend their lives in windoze box :-( > - 3COM 3c509 driver is listed as (buggy) in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT. > Is this what it means as (buggy) ? > > > -wasz- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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