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I don't know if this is similar to what I'm experiencing ...

I recently installed an EtherExpress 16, the card seems to suffer some kind
of problem, issue the error message : CU Wedged, status 240 0000 resetting

When this happens, the ping times on this machine dramatically slow down,
until it resets itself and then it all behaves fine again.

I'm using kernel 2.0.36, although i noticed that the driver appears to 
have changed in kernel 2.2.x

If you solve your problem, can you let me know.

Paul

J_irving (ji103@hotmail.com) wrote:
: I hope someone out there can help a poor newbie!!

: The problem:  I have recently installed RetHat Linux 5.2.
: The machine is on a Novell 4.2 network and uses an Intel
: Ether Express 16 card. It is possible to be on this or another
: machine and transfer a file FROM the linux box at a rate of
: about 600kB/s.  However, transferring TO the linux machine
: gives rates of about 18kB/s.

: It is a dual boot system - when tranferring/receiving files
: using windoze ftp (QVFTP or WS_FTP) the transfer rates in
: both directions are 600kB/s.

: At installation time, linux was set up to use the
: 'eexpress' driver and the bootp protocol.

: There are no packet overflows, packets lost or errors generally.

: Visualising the transfer using the 'hash' function of ftp
: shows that transfer progresses at the expected speed for
: 10-30kB, then stalls or slows down to a snail pace, then
: starts again, stall, etc...

: I have tried
: - explicitly stating the IRQ=10, I/O base address 0x300
: - turning on/off IPX
: - making the MTU smaller
: - manually configuring (i.e no bootp) the ip address etc.
: - playing with the routing window as suggested in the
: HOWTO-Ethernet file.

: The only effect I have been able to achieve is a reduction
: in performance to 13kB/s.

: Checking usenet a number of people seem to have had a
: similar problem but no relevant solutions suggested.  One
: person claimed they started having this problem when
: they upgraded their motherboard.

: I have no idea where to go from here... any suggestions would be greatly

: appreciated.  Thanks!



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J_irving wrote:

> I hope someone out there can help a poor newbie!!
>
> The problem:  I have recently installed RetHat Linux 5.2.
> The machine is on a Novell 4.2 network and uses an Intel
> Ether Express 16 card. It is possible to be on this or another
> machine and transfer a file FROM the linux box at a rate of
> about 600kB/s.  However, transferring TO the linux machine
> gives rates of about 18kB/s.
>
> It is a dual boot system - when tranferring/receiving files
> using windoze ftp (QVFTP or WS_FTP) the transfer rates in
> both directions are 600kB/s.
>
> At installation time, linux was set up to use the
> 'eexpress' driver and the bootp protocol.
>
> There are no packet overflows, packets lost or errors generally.
>
> Visualising the transfer using the 'hash' function of ftp
> shows that transfer progresses at the expected speed for
> 10-30kB, then stalls or slows down to a snail pace, then
> starts again, stall, etc...
>
> I have tried
> - explicitly stating the IRQ=10, I/O base address 0x300
> - turning on/off IPX
> - making the MTU smaller
> - manually configuring (i.e no bootp) the ip address etc.
> - playing with the routing window as suggested in the
> HOWTO-Ethernet file.
>
> The only effect I have been able to achieve is a reduction
> in performance to 13kB/s.
>
> Checking usenet a number of people seem to have had a
> similar problem but no relevant solutions suggested.  One
> person claimed they started having this problem when
> they upgraded their motherboard.
>
> I have no idea where to go from here... any suggestions would be greatly
>
> appreciated.  Thanks!

I Don't know bout that but if you  .On Debian : ) I get 700k <> from a 3Com
card and a 75 pentium
It is probally some kind of firewall

Hiya!

Sorry, no.  The Linux driver for the EtherExpress is (for lack of a better
term) 'broken'.  There is some crazy logic within the card (ie, bugs in the
microcode).  One of the sysadmins here at Monash actually fixed the problem
with the driver and sent off the patches 2 _years_ ago, but it looks like
they've fallen out of the kernel source.

I had an EtherExpress, and managed 2kbyte/sec transfer rate.  As soon as I
dropped in a 3Com Etherlink III, I was getting up to 900kbytes/sec.
(And for what it's worth, Win95 and the EtherExpress works fine.)

What's the solution??  Get another ethernet card.  

Steve

In article <36DE4AC8.A2CBC71F@kvi.net>, Dean Plude wrote:
>I Don't know bout that but if you  .On Debian : ) I get 700k <> from a 3Com
>card and a 75 pentium
>It is probally some kind of firewall

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