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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: 2.2.0-pre1/Token-Ring/IPX = bad
From:       Frank Bernard <frankb () ipf ! de>
Date:       1999-01-01 11:40:18
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Hi,

which version of olicom driver do you use ?

v-1.29 is the one I've got and the last time I tested (two month ago)
I got solid hangs with 1.2.125 after transferring 2MB. Back to ibmtr :-(

BTW : do the pcmcia version of oltr work ?

Frank
frankb@ipf.de

On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Gilbert Ramirez Jr. wrote:

> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:56:40 -0600 (CST)
> From: Gilbert Ramirez Jr. <gram@verdict.uthscsa.edu>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: 2.2.0-pre1/Token-Ring/IPX = bad
> 
> I am in the processing of trying to gather more info, esp. against
> 2.2.0-pre2, but with 2.2.0-pre1 my Linux box swamped our local network with
> traffic.
> 
> I run Token-Ring, with the Olicom TR driver. I also use IPX. My ncpfs tools
> are a 2.2.0.7
> 
> Once I attempt an 'slist' with this kernel, the Linux box keeps sending NCP
> packets to my nearest file server. I sent > 80K packets in 5 seconds.
> 
> Since I have so many variables (ncpfs, Linux 2.2.0-pre1, token-ring, and
> oltr) I am trying to narrow down my search in finding the bug. But if
> anyone that has a slightly similar set up would try the same thing (run
> 'slist' and sniff your network to watch packets), I'd appreciate it. Is
> this a token-ring problem? an oltr problem? an ipx/ncpfs problem? I don't
> know yet.
> 
> --gilbert
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