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[Sheflug] Something Wicked Happened!
>>>>> "John" == John Southall <john [at] jrwsouthall.demon.co.uk> writes:
John> Hi all, Been getting this message on the servers:
John> <date> <time> <hostname> kernel:eth0:Something Wicked
John> Happened! 001a.
John> The NICs are D-Link DFE530TX Apparently the message is
John> generated in response to malformed IP packets. Most of the
John> time we just get the message, but occasionally the network
John> card locks (The newsgroup archives say its due to a skewed
John> buffer?) and only a re-boot seems to cure it. We could try
John> updated drivers, but the cards really don't belong in
John> servers - we use them in workstations (with less than 1%
John> failure rate) and had a few spares lying around. The best
John> option IMHO is to replace the cheap network cards with
John> something more robust. Does anyone have any recommendations?
John> They must support Fast Ethernet 100baseTX.
I've always had good experiences with 3Com cards of most interface
types, both at work (Windows environment - some machines have 3Com
chipsets onboard, others are normal NICs) and home (Linux/FreeBSD).
Lifetime warranty if the card dies on you, as well.
I'm using 3Com 509s (obviously rather old, and not 100Mbit/s) and some
OfficeConnect Fast Ethernet 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane cards at home, and
they seem to do the job.
You might want to look at a 900/905 series card rather that the SOHO100 -
it's driven by the same driver under Linux, although the 905 is twice
the price - there must be some reason to buy it :-)
The Intel EtherExpress 100 cards seem to be well loved too.
Just my 2p
Baz.
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