[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: nics

[Kyle Davenport]

ok completely separate nic question (no, I never had any trouble doing
multiple nics on linux) My problem is just getting a single! nic to work on
the other OS (or P.O.S., if you'd rather)   I have a home theatre
convergence box that for numerous sad reasons, like no drivers, and
monopoly control of the marketplace, I must run on [that other OS, SE,
desktop version from '98].  This same nic, in the same pci slot, had [the
other OS]  re-installed around it ( because some pci cards changed, and
they would NOT work untill  the whole OS (or P.o.S) was reinstalled), and
then the nic wouldn't work anymore - 30% packet loss, unable to make
connections - tcpip driver upgrades, registry changes, pci slot changes,
everything and anything I have learned over the years to hack [the other
OS] into minimal functionality, and the best I could get was 3.5 MBps
connections _one_way_.    traffic leaving the box would hang after a few
thousand bytes.

Here's where it gets good for you, the linux audience.

So I just reboot into linux.   The nic works flawlessly at 6.5 MBps both
ways.  (A cheap DEC Tulip card)

Moral of the story - a dual boot box is essential to trouble shoot [that
other OS]


P.S. If any one has a clue to fix this, I'd much appreciate it.   And no,
"Just reinstall it", won' t cut it since I have tried that a dozen times
already.