Re: SMC-Ultra Tx timeouts.....

From: Dave Euser (dave_euser@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 25 2000 - 18:21:52 EST


Thanks for the help...I kept coming back to this possibility, but the Windows
driver on that machine says it's half-duplex - wouldn't put it past windows
to lie to me.....also, it's a shitty little card that came my ADSL modem....

Dave Euser
dave_euser@yahoo.com

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Dave Euser wrote:
> > First, a little background info:
> >
> > I've got a P200 running Linux (2.2.18) with an SMC-Ultra (ISA), which is
> > connected to a 10Base-T hub. Initially, I had just this machine plugged
> > into a Notrel 1Mbps modem - no problems. Now, my roomate finally got his
> > own box (Windows ME). I picked up a hub, some cable, and found an old 486
> > which is now a firewall. Somewhere during this process, I started getting
> > this error message when I'm on the net (thru the firewall):
> >
> > eth0: Tx timed out, cable problem? TSR=0xc0, ISR=0x0, t=[varies]
> >
> >From 8390.h you have (c0=80+40):
>
> #define ENTSR_CDH 0x40 /* The collision detect "heartbeat" signal was
> lost. */
> #define ENTSR_OWC 0x80 /* There was an out-of-window collision. */
>
> A cut-n-paste from one of Donald's messages:
>
> "You have an out-of-window collisions. As it explains on that web
> page, this is usually caused by some other host being incorrectly
> set to full duplex, not a local driver or hardware bug."
>
> (Donald's www pages are now at http://www.scyld.com - not cesdis)
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
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