Hmm, isnt the de4x5 quite antiquated, is it even up to 2.2 standard?!
Alan Cox wrote:
> That sounds like a driver problem of some sort.
Yes, we thougt so too, we thougt we try some more elaborate testing the
next time it fails (ie. we will re-configure our router not to use the
machine as a trans-proxy) and really try to dig down, our network
HW-guys thougt that maybe the switch was to blame, similar problems has
been known to happen on other switches.
> Are you using the tulip or the de driver ?
Uh?! the D-Link DF500TX has a true DEC 21140 Tulip with a MII interface,
and yes I use the "drivers/net/tulip.c"-driver (as a module).
--- tulip.c:v0.89H 5/23/98 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov eth0: Digital DS21140 Tulip at 0x7000, 00 80 c8 6c 94 fc, IRQ 5. eth0: EEPROM default media type Autosense. eth0: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block. eth0: MII transceiver found at MDIO address 0, config 0000 status 780d. eth0: Advertising 01e1 on PHY 0, previously advertising 0001. eth0: Advertising 01e1 on PHY 0 (0). eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII Xcvr #0 parter capability of 41e1.--- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sten Eriksson ! E-mail: sten.eriksson@udac.se UDAC AB / Datorhotellet ! Tel, work: +46 18 471 78 20 Box 174 ! Tel, mob: +46 70 542 47 03 SE-751 04 Uppsala ! Tel, fax: +46 18 51 66 00 SWEDEN ! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/