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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Possible bug in de driver? Message-ID: <nzzssJc@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 06:01:00 UTC Lines: 13 If I pull the 10baseT cable out of my SMC 21040 based Ethernet card for a little bit, the card will generate transmit timeouts and pretty much lock up. Entering promiscuous mode briefly after the link is restored cures the problem. The system is running 2.2-960801-SNAP and is a P120-Triton. Well, perhaps the real answer is "don't do that, then", but stull, it would be better if the machine could figure it out on its own. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | "How come this guy keeps singing N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | about people he knows? I mean, +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | Who gives a rat's ass?" URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | -- Butt-head