Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] spontaneous link interruptions
From: Christof Warlich (cwarlich@netzland.net)
Date: Fri Apr 16 1999 - 14:53:11 EDT
Thanks for the suggestion, but before I go and buy a new ethernet card,
why is the 3COM590 working fine with the old netatalk1.4b2? Is there
anyone
who had the same problem with a 3COM590? Or anyone who runs
netatalk1.4b2+asun2.13
with a 3COM590 without problems?
Jonathan Benson wrote:
>
> Read the documentation for the 3Com drivers carefully. I don't think it
> supports multicast too well.
>
> The best cards for netatalk are ones based on the Tulip drivers:
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html
>
> Jonathan
>
> Christof Warlich wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I´ve recently upgraded my aged netatalk1.4b2 installation to
> > netatalk1.4b2+asun2.13,
> > and data transfer rates became fantastic compared to the old
> > installation.
> > But unfortunately, every some 10 minutes the Macs are loosing the
> > connection
> > to the server, which is a Linux box with a 3COM590 and kernel 2.036.
> > Anyone out
> > there who had the same problem and found a solution?
> >
> > Just because I´ve started to ask: I already tried to subscribe to the
> > LINUX-ATALK
> > list several times by sending a mail to listserv@netspace.org with no
> > subject and a
> > body which reads "SUBSCRIBE LINUX-ATALK", but I never got any response.
> > What´s wrong?
> >
> > Thanks for any help, especially on the first problem.
> >
> > Christof
>
> --
> Jonathan Benson B.Eng. (Soft Sys Hon) <tech@phoenixmags.com.au>
> Systems Administrator, Phoenix Magazines, Phone: +61 3 9696 7200
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