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Have you loaded the latest drivers?
ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/adapters/drivers/3c59xx.exe




In article <3u037m$o7p@mozart.telegate.se>,
   Berndt Hybner <bhybner@kdt.se> wrote:
>We are installing a new P100 server with 3.12 and are experiencing a
>weird problems not seen before here. The server has two lan card
>(PCI, 3Com 3C590, rev. C). Directly when the server is ready, we notice
>that the "Receive packet overflow" in the monitor (under Lan Information)
>is increasing fast. If we try to copy some files from another server to this
>one it takes at least 10 times as longer as if we plug in 3C509, ISA-cards
>instead (and the overflow count are increasing faster during the copy).
>With the ISA-card, there is no problem at all with the overflow count, it
>stays at 0.
>
>We have tried to change the maximum physical packet size in STARTUP.NCF
>from the default 4042 to 2048 and 512, as well as some other "SET"-settings
>but with almost no differance. Obviously, some setting releated to the PCI
>is causing this - but what ?
>
>The server have 32 MB RAM and a 2.1 Gb HD.
>
>Somebody told us 3C590 only supports frametype 802.2. Can this really be
>true ? (We are using 3Com driver from 950618)
>
>Best regards
>Berndt
>


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