>Alex - Changing the NIC solved the problem. The old one was an ancient >AT-1500T running at 10Mhz half duplex. We put in a newer card and >nailed it up at 100Mhz/half duplex. > >We did have the switch port fixed 10/half - we've experienced too many >problems with auto-negotiation in the past. The odd part is that the >machine worked fine under "normal" low traffic, running both IP and IPX. >I guess the card just had a problem with the massive amount of info >being sent out for screen updates.
Yes, I've seen cards lock up under heavy traffic too. Sometimes it was a driver problem, but with this particular card I just removed it from the system altogether and replaced it with something more reliable. With an ISA-based 486, this meant another 10baseT card, but I found a 3c509b and a DE220 which are currently working very reliably. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not for attachments) website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ geekcode: GCS$/E dpu(!) s:- a21 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
