KC RoadRunner and linux

[Brian Kelsay]

I recently heard of some people having troubles with the Linux driver for
the Intel 10/100 Nic.  Not sure if it was loaded as module due to system
upgrade or if it was compiled into the kernel.  Anyway, one person told me
that once he went to a 2.3.xx kernel and then the 2.4 series that the
problem went away.  Basically under the 2.2 kernel the NIC would work  and
after some random period of time it would stop responding.  A reboot would
make the NIC work again for a while and then the same problem.

My .02 submitted for your approval.
Brian Kelsay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C T Miller [mailto:cmiller3 at kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 10:22 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: KC RoadRunner and linux
> 
> 
> Well sorry it did not work for you. I had such a time getting 
> a firewall
> running with two isa NICs I went out and got two DLink PCI 
> 10/100 NICs. I
> hope you are using 10/100 PCI NICs. You should see the module 
> loaded with
> "lsmod" if not then you will have to fight that problem. If 
> all else fails
> try "linuxconf." Hope one of the other RR people can help you out.
> 
> > I also have tried the setup suggested by C T Miller under 
> RedHat 6.2 and
> no luck.  I have tried both an intel 8255x-based NIC using 
> eepro100 driver,
> and a 3com NIC (don't recall the specs on that).  It says 
> something to the
> tune of "initializing eth0.. looking up DHCP info.. [Failed]"
> 
>   This has been an ongoing problem ever since I upgraded from 
> 56k about a
> year ago
>