Re: my ethernet to my laptop/getting the tcp/X11 socket up

From: wizlayer (wizlayer_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/31/05

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    On Thursday 31 March 2005 12:41 pm, Chuck Robey wrote:
    [snip]
    > I installed it, it worked with the rl0 driver.
    > Sometimes.
    >
    > Why sometimes? Smart guy, that's question 1. The indication I
    > get is, I get an error (tcp error) soemthing like this one
    > below (they're not all alike):
    >
    > Mar 30 21:37:52 september kernel: rl0: discard frame w/o
    > leading ethernet header (len 2 pkt len 2)
    >
    > Well, the result is always the same, which is that the rl0 line
    > stops dead in it's tracks. I can do a ifconfig down/ifconfig
    > up and clear it, but every time I do that, I take a 1 in 5
    > chance of getting a kernel panic. It's not something I crave
    > to do a lot, so I can't just dismiss it by making a utility to
    > down/up the interface. I need this fixed.
    >
    > [snip]
    >
    > I'm quite, *quite* willing to buy another ehternet card. The
    > one I have is a D-Link, the dmesg reports:
    >
    > miibus0: <MII bus> on rl0
    > Mar 30 21:44:23 september kernel: rlphy0: <RealTek internal
    > media interface> on miibus0
    > Mar 30 21:44:23 september kernel: rlphy0: 10baseT,
    > 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
    > Mar 30 21:44:23 september kernel: rl0: Ethernet address:
    > 00:0d:88:27:c4:38
    >
    > OK, so I'm looking for advice on the ethernet problem, and
    > maybe
    [snip]

    Are you sure the network card itself isn't hosed?

    I had a cheapo network card that did something very similar. In
    fact, I'm pretty sure it had a realtek chipset too (although I'm
    not lifting a finger in their direction)... Worked fine, then
    weird errors and *lights out*... Turned out to be the NIC itself
    (why sometimes? who knows... temperature, defunct buffer
    maybe?).

    my .02,

    WizLayer
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