ifconfig Carrier problem, addendum

Mike Heroux linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 02:01:29 -0500


I got the latest version I found at the site
ftp://csb.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia.  It is version 3.0.14.  I have installed
it and it is still behaving essentially the same.  lots of carrier errors
counted from ifconfig.  Any other ideas?  Thanks.

Mike

At 06:26 AM 7/17/99 +0800, you wrote:
>Have u tried to latest pcmcia package ?
>
>My 3C574-TX also have transmit problem but not on receive.
>
>The latest pcmcia package is believed to fix this.
>
>/ww
>
>On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Mike Heroux wrote:
>
>> I also rebooted my laptop in Windows 98 and tested ftp on a large file.
>> The results are:
>> 
>> Windows: 	2.5 MB/sec
>> 
>> Linux: 	500 KB/sec
>> 
>> This is through the same 3Com card, so the Linux performance problem
>> doesn't appear to be hardware related.
>> Michael A. Heroux, Ph.D.
>> Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department
>> Massively Parallel Computing Research Lab
>> Sandia National Laboratories
>> ph: 320-845-7695
>> fx: 320-845-7846
>> mheroux@cs.sandia.gov
>> 
>
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Michael A. Heroux, Ph.D.
Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department
Massively Parallel Computing Research Lab
Sandia National Laboratories
ph: 320-845-7695
fx: 320-845-7846
mheroux@cs.sandia.gov