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Re: NW41 & 3C905 problem

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From: Jim Willeke
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:00
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Daniel G. Rockwell wrote:
> 
> Implemented our new Pentium server using the 3Com's FastEtherlink XL adapter
> (3C905-TX).  Worked great in a test environment.  Put it in production over
> the weekend & all was well.  However after our 300+ users started hammering it
> the server stopped communicating to the network by lunchtime this past Monday.
>  The server was fine, I could toggle to any of it's console screens, just no
> communications.  Monitor showed me the ECB count was rising steadily.
> Restarted server & experienced the same problem in 5 min., however none of the
> monitor stats for the adapter was changing.  Had to drop back to our old
> server for production purposes.
> 
> Anyone else using this adapter in an NW4.1 environment?  I'd be interesting in
> hearing your experiences to help me sort this out.  Currently runing latest
> NLM's found in LANDR9 & latest drivers from 3COM.
> 
> TIA,
> Dan Rockwell

Yea, we are running the same card on a heavily used 4.1 server patched
to 410pt6 with no problems. Been running 50 some days in this
configuration and we have more than one server like this.
-jim
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From: Jim Willeke <JWilleke@kpmg.com>
Subject: Re: NW41 & 3C905 problem
Date: 1997/02/12
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