Install on a Compaq Server DS10. ping reports the following: 64 bytes from 10.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.1 ms wrong data byte #8 should be 0x8 but was 0x81 c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Here is version info: [root@jfoxx /]# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.2.3 (jestabro.dec.com) (gcc version egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs-1.0.3 release)) #7 Fri Mar 26 16:06:36 EST 1999 [root@jfoxx /]# cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : Alpha cpu model : EV6 cpu variation : 7 cpu revision : 0 cpu serial number : system type : Tsunami system variation : Webbrick system revision : 0 system serial number : cycle frequency [Hz] : 462962962 timer frequency [Hz] : 1024.00 page size [bytes] : 8192 phys. address bits : 44 max. addr. space # : 255 BogoMIPS : 920.64 kernel unaligned acc : 0 (pc=0,va=0) user unaligned acc : 4 (pc=120002b2c,va=12011777c) platform string : COMPAQ AlphaServer DS10 466 MHz
This problem was fixed in a netkit-base errata for alpha. A better fix is in netkit-base-0.10-35 from Raw Hide. ------- Additional Comments From 09/03/99 12:19 ------- I got the same problem. And some time TCP/IP stack goes down. That is adapter is up but "ping 127.0.0.1" hangs.