I have an Sitecom 10/100 card, it is nicely recognised under YDL3, it seems to be the linksys chipset. (not under os 9, X not yet installed, gives problems...) Hardware: G3/266 beige...
Marc >From: Paul Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I've tried in vain for some time now to get my old dual-proc SuperMac >S900 to work properly with more than the OEM 10 Mb NIC installed. I've >had relatively little difficulty with 'unstable' on this box. It >successfully boots either 2.4 or 2.6 kernels. Networking fails in >various ways when I install a second NIC. Usually, the installed devices >can still be configured, but they just don't respond to any attempts to >communicate over the network. For instance, attempting to request a DHCP >lease fails as if there were no other hosts on the network. > >I've tried two different NICs: a 100Mb LinkSys and a gigabit >RealTek-based model. Both exhibitied similar behaviors. > >When booted from the 2.4.25-powerpc-smp-pmac kernel, I can get the >gigabit card to be recognized, and can configure the device, but at the >first sign of network activity (pings from another machine, in this >case), the SuperMac essentially locks up, spewing "too much work at >interrupt" down the monitor. > >When booted from the 2.6.8-powerpc-smp kernel, I don't even have to have >a second NIC installed to cause problems. I can probe in the r8169 >RealTek gigabit driver (which I don't think I *should* be able to do >when the card isn't even installed), which immediately kills the OEM NIC >-- it just won't configure any longer. Attempting to remove the r8169 >module freezes up the machine. > >I couldn't find any mention of this sort of problem in the archives. Any >ideas? I'd pull the OEM card, but it also happens to include the serial >ports. > > >Paul > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solden Tiscali ADSL LIGHT, 19,95 EUR/maand gedurende 6 maanden, het moment om de stap te zetten! http://reg.tiscali.be/default.asp?lg=nl
