> My PowerMac 7300 seems to be dropping quite a few packets (about 40%) 
> with NetBSD 2.0 stable (generic).  I searched the list archives and 
> read quite a few similar inquiries, and a lot of them had 7300s as 
> well.  I couldn't really find a solution, though.  Is there one?
> I had 1.6.2 installed a little while ago and networking was completely 
> unusable, dropping almost everything.  NetBSD 2.0 seems to have made a 
> significant improvement (ftp transfers over the LAN download at about 
> 950kbps, whereas before I was lucky to even get a connection).  I've 
> never had to deal with any kernel dropping packets, so I'm just 
> wondering what can be done about it.

Is this with the original 604 installed? I run 1.6.2 on my 7300 with a Sonnet
G3/500, and I haven't had any problems with dropped packets through the
motherboard Ethernet or the second rtk-based PCI Ethernet.

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