Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] ASIP ok, no Classic AppleTalk services
From: Derrick Miller (phuture@fred.net)
Date: Mon Apr 12 1999 - 07:48:49 EDT
I've had no problems with the Intel EtherExpress Pro (PCI) under kernel
2.2.5. Maybe it's fixed, or maybe I'm just lucky.
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Albert Max Lai wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Russell Hoffman wrote:
>
> >
> > Problem solved!
> >
> > A Sun wrote:
> > >
> > > erk. i mistakenly read /etc/services instead of /etc/protocols. you
> > > don't need anything in /etc/protocols.
>
> Well, a lot of us have the Intel EtherExpress running in our machines,
> but you have to limit the multicast filter by putting the following line
> in /etc/conf.modules:
>
> options eepro100 multicast_filter_limit=3
>
> It is not a hardware problem, but a driver problem. I would wish that
> someone would get around to figuring out how to make it work without that
> fix.
>
> > Thanks. I installed my 3com Etherlink III card (3c509 driver) and
> > everything works just fine. Apparently, the Intel Ether Express can't
> > handle the multicast, I guess. But, the good news is that the 3com
> > Etherlink III (3C509B model) works just great. So if you were keeping a
> > compatibility list somewhere, you can add that info.
> >
> > Thanks again for all your help. I *NEVER* would have suspected a hardware
> > problem.
>
> --
> Albert Lai <amlai@columbia.edu> 1018D East Campus
> Residential Computer Consultant 411 W. 116th St.
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>
>
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