[ltp] Network problem... FIXED!

[Tino Keitel]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 03:33:56 +0000, Adam Southerland wrote:
> This is my last e-mail for this =)
> I got it working finally...
> 
> Here is what I did:
>  Booted up the old backup and checked versions
>  Booted up on new install (Seperate drives =)
>     Installed pcmcia-cs-3.1.26
>     Installed rtl8139.c (ver 1.13) -> Name realtek_cb
>  Messed with config files - nothing fancy, just excluded IRQ 5 (Sound)
> 
> And all works! Packets still get dropped, but I don't get kernel panics 
> (rtl8139 v1.11) and it continues operation (unlike rtl8139 v1.24)

I only got my crappy RTL 8139 cardbus NIC to work reliably after
setting the link speed to 10 MBit/s using mii-tool. Before that, the
transfer rates were very slow in one direction (can't remenber if it
was receive or transmit).

Regards,
Tino