[NTLUG:Discuss] eth0 problem....

[Egome]

You know, I seem to remember some of the old 3COM cards having a setup
option in the EEPROM configuration that tells the nic that there may be a
modem of XX speed installed in the machine.    This options was to prevent
IRQ overruns between the 3COM nics and the modem.

Try getting a copy of the 3cxxxcfg.exe and try running it under DR-DOS (or
some other flavor of DOS if you must) and check for the modem setting in
your nic.

I thought that was only on isa nics but I could be wrong...

-----Original Message-----
From: Chad Foreman <farm at endor.hsutx.edu>
To: discuss at ntlug.org <discuss at ntlug.org>; discuss at wtlug.org
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Date: Friday, June 30, 2000 10:01 AM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] eth0 problem....


>Recently, I installed and internal modem into my linux box.  I have it
>jumpered to com1, irq 4.  I have had a 3Com NIC (PCI) in the box for a
>long time working just fine. After I intalled the modem I started
>getting the following error message out of no where:
>
>eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e000
>
>This message will come up over and over at the command prompt and even
>the login prompt.  I have no idea what I did, but I must have done
>sumtin' <shrug>
>
>any suggestions on how to correct this problem?
>
>TIA
>
>Chad Foreman
>
>st_cforeman at tarleton.edu
>farm at endor.hsutx.edu
>
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