Subject: Re: FW: Tx - lost interrupt
To: Dan Willson <Dan.Willson@VPUADV.UAB.EDU>
From: Marcio Pocciotti <mpocciot@cisco.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/22/2002 15:11:26
Hello Dan,

Thanks for the reply.
It is an original Apple card connected to a simple 3com, 8 port hub, 10
half-duplex. I think it is the simplest connection one could get.
Unfortunately, after all the reasearch, nobody seems to know how to fix this.

Thanks,

Marcio

Dan Willson wrote:

> I have a stupid question that relates to something I learned the hard way:
> are you trying to connect that 10BaseT card to an nway 10/100 switch? The
> card won't be able to establish a link since it was designed long before
> nway switches hit the market  -- there's a readme somewhere on Asante's site
> about this (it's in reference to Mac OS but I don't see why it wouldn't
> apply). FWIW, if you have an Asante card, you'll know this is the problem if
> the link light on the card blinks like crazy.
>
> HTH,
> Dan
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marcio Pocciotti [SMTP:mpocciot@cisco.com]
> > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:01 PM
> > To: port-mac68k@netbsd.org
> > Subject:      Tx - lost interrupt
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to get my Color Classic connected to a LAN via ethernet. I
> > have installed Netbsd 1.4, 1.5 and 1.5.2, hoping to solve the "Tx - lost
> >
> > interrupt" problem, but it didn't work.
> > I did some research and found out that there was a conflict problem if
> > one had a video card installed. Since this is a Color Classic, this does
> >
> > not apply.
> > Everything else works great, but the network card doesn't.
> > Does anybody know how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks for any Help
> >
> > Marcio
>