Bug 52447 - 3Com 3c920 NIC in Dell PC loses packets w/ 3c59x driver
Summary: 3Com 3c920 NIC in Dell PC loses packets w/ 3c59x driver
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i586
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-08-23 19:48 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-06-06 17:54:19 UTC
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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
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