network stalls on Fedora Core 3

[Keith Fetterman]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 10:38, Keith Fetterman wrote:
> 
> 
>>I replaced the FC3 OS with RHE3.  When RHE3 was running on the same 
>>hardware, I didn't experience the problem.
>>
>>Is it possible the drivers included with FC3 are more sensitive to 
>>hardware issues, than RHE3 linux?
> 
> 
> Since this seems to be a rare problem, I'm not sure I'd say that it is
> more sensitive in general.  It does use a different kernel and
> initializes the hardware differently (and possibly in a different order)
> there are certainly differences and in this particular case FC3 seems
> to have a problem.  Have you tried either a different NIC or moving
> the one you have to a different pci slot?  I'd guess that for some
> reason you are missing the interrupt when a packet is received.
> 

When I installed a differnt NIC, I placed it in a different PCI slot 
than the original NIC.  The NIC that came with the PC is a 3COM 
3c905C-TX/TX-M Tornado, at least that is what it says in the RHE3 
Hardware browser.  When I tested a different NIC in a differnt PCI slot, 
the NIC was an Intel Pro/100+ adapter.



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