[Tfug] update: slow home LAN

[Brian Murphy]

Did you ever check to see if the new driver was doing something dumb and
setting the wrong duplex?

Brian

Quoting John Gruenenfelder <johng at bach.as.arizona.edu>:
> I have fixed my slow home LAN problem.  However, like my problems with
> Eudora/Exim/SSL, this solution is more like sidestepping the issue, but...
>
> I removed the 3com 3C905C NIC and replaced it with a super cheap RTL8139
> board.  This happens to be the same chip that's built onto the mobo 
> so no need
> for an extra driver.  Once I did that and figured out which one the 
> kernel was
> going to call eth0 and eth1, I was set.  The network is now operating at full
> speed.  Huzzah!
>
> Before trying this I compiled kernel 2.4.26 (it's currently 2.6.6) thinking
> that perhaps that would solve the problem.  Unfortunately, it wouldn't even
> boot.  After the "Loading...." line it just crashes hard.  It doesn't even
> show the first line of boot messages "Linux 2.4.....".  After about 3 seconds
> the keyboard LEDs begin to blink indicating a kernel panic, though 
> without any
> text on the screen I can't say why.  This is the first time I've ever had a
> kernel that didn't do anything.  Very strange.
>
>
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