[ltp] Problems with IBM EtherJet cardbus

[Friedemann Baitinger]

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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Andrew Steele wrote:

> FWIW,
> 
> It's my guess that something strange has happened to networking since
> 2.2.14.  If you've just upgraded to 2.2.16 then I'd go back to the previous
> version.
> 
> I have not been able to get dhcp to work on some of my machines since
> upgrading past 2.2.14.  Yesterday I upgraded an e-smith server to the
> 2.2.16-3 rpm and was not able to get networking working.
> 
> One machine is a TP600E with an Etherjet 10/100 CB but the others are not.
> With the thinkpad it'll work if I use ifconfig it's just that DHCP fails.

I was already about to write that I doubt that it's related to 
kernels >2.2.14 then I just realized that I had massive problems on the
TP770X with 2.2.16 and VMware using Token Ring in host-only networking
mode. In this setup the machine died repeatedly so badly that the
VMware's Windows NT filesystem was severly damaged. Going back to 2.2.14
made the system work perfectly again.

On the other hand, friends of mine are running 2.2.16 with Ethernet
PCMCIA adapters without any problems and I am also running 2.2.16 on 3
desktops where one is a dual PPro SMP.

Independent of this 2.2.16 situatation, it was reported here many times
that folks have the Etherjet 10/100 Cardbus running nicely in the TP600
but I haven't heard from anybody yet that he is successfully running
this adapter in a TP770X. Since I have traded my Etherjet for a 3COM
long before 2.2.16 came out I unfortunately can't try to get the
Etherjet going with 2.2.16.

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Friedemann Baitinger      fb@baiti.net       http://baiti.net/fb/
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