Re: Network crash problem on PC164

[Robert Williams <bob bob usuhs mil>]

Linus Gasser wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> For quite a while now I have problems with my alpha-PC164 running RH6.2. From
> time to time, the machine locks himself up completly, no ping-reply anymore,
> just a hard reset helps.
>  In search of a problem I did nearly everything that came to my mind: ...

> Changing the network-card from NE2000-PCI to NE2000-ISA
> and a 3Com PCI-card didn't change anything. (all 10MB-cards)

This kind of behavior has also long been a problem in my group of
PC164 machines when using 100 Mb/sec NICs connected to
100 Mb/sec switches.
I have much more reliable behavior using an ethernet Pro100
connected to our LAN through a 10 Mb/sec hub or switch.
This throttle setup has made a big difference in my life.
My PC164s appear to be stable running RedHat 7.0 with
a custom 2.2.17 kernel and this 10 Mb/sec bottleneck.
I've not had good results with a 2.4 kernel yet, but
I haven't tried the latest.

I also had a similar problem involving some earlier versions of Gnome.
When Gnome was removed, the problem was solved.
This doesn't sound like your problem...

Bob Williams