RE: redhat8.0 on DELL Dimension 2350 - problems

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com
> [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ron Olsen
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:39 PM
> To: psyche-list@redhat.com
> Cc: raz@macs.hw.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: redhat8.0 on DELL Dimension 2350 - problems
>
> This driver is available on the Asus download site.  The file name
> is 4401_653.zip; you can find it by going to the Asus download site
> for the P4PE motherboard:
>
> http://www.asus.com/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P4PE
>
> You'll see entries on this page for 4401_653.zip; this is what you
> want to download.
>
> Download the file (16MB), put it in a separate directory,
> then
>
> 	unzip 4401_653.zip
>
> This will create a lot of stuff, including a Linux directory.
> In the Linux directory, you will find
>
>         cd Linux
>         ls
>
>         bcm4400-1.0.1.tar.gz
>         RELEASE.TXT
>
> The Linux driver is in the tar.gz file.
>
> Follow the instructions in RELEASE.TXT for "Building Driver From TAR File"
> and you're in business!

But, when you start transferring high volume traffic over this NIC, that
driver seems to stop transmitting and/or receiving packets. And then you're
out of business ;-)

service network stop ; modprobe -r module ; service network start

And everything works again for a while. Bottom line is that the module for
this NIC is not stable.

--
Vik



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