Bug 52447

Summary:	3Com 3c920 NIC in Dell PC loses packets w/ 3c59x driver
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <starkm>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2001-08-23 19:48:05 UTC

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Description of problem:
My Dell Dimension 530 workstation with RedHat 7.1 preinstalled loses 30% 
of packets with the 3Com 3c59x driver driving a 3Com 3c920 NIC (Supposedly 
3c905C-TX compatible).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Plug factory Dell Dimension 530 system into network
2.Watch it crawl
	

Actual Results:  Network is blindingly slow due to large packet loss.

Expected Results:  Network should have been blindingly fast.

Additional info:

3Com says that the 3c920 NIC is supported by the 3c90x driver but no such 
driver is supplied with RedHat 7.1 and I cant find a version of the driver 
that will run or compile on a 2.4.2 kernel

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2001-08-23 19:53:51 UTC

Not that it matters but I guess I should have used the word "Precision" 
wherever I used the word "Dimension" in this report.

Comment 2 Alan Cox 2003-06-06 17:54:19 UTC

Current 3c59x seems reliable