Well, we've had RTL8139 cards in servers up for about 60-70 days with no problem. Don't know about the outgoing/ping issue as the servers are always in use, but they appear reliable.
Sincerely, Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gonzalez, Tularosa Communications" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Olivier Poitrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Antonio Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 12:52 AM Subject: Re: System locks up with RealTek 8139 and kernel 2.2.20 > What causes the lockups? How often? I have an RTL 8139 in use. > > However, I have noticed something strange. I must keep "outbound" traffic > flowing or they forget their ARP table for some strange reason. I keep an > outbound ping running... If i dont, and there is no network activity on > the box, it is unresponsive via network, but hopping on the console and > starting another ping session brings it back to life. (I also have to do > this on my machines with older RTL cards, using the ne2k-pci driver) > > So far, uptime of box and kernel ver with RTL cards is: > > Linux xxxxx 2.2.19 #22 Wed Jun 20 18:12:16 PDT 2001 i686 unknown > 9:42am up 13 days, 6:57, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > > > > -- > John Gonzalez, Tularosa Communications | (505) 439-0200 work > JG6416, ASN 11711, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (505) 443-1228 fax > http://www.tularosa.net > > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Olivier Poitrey wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Antonio Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 3:54 PM > > Subject: System locks up with RealTek 8139 and kernel 2.2.20 > > > > > 2. move to 2.4 and hope this solves the problem. I have already gone > > > from 2.2.17 to 2.2.20 to try to fix it, but maybe the move to 2.4 will > > > be more significant. > > > > You'll have the same problem with 2.4.x, I have tested it for you :/ > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.zentek-international.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
