Re: 1.3.75: TCP broken for real!? Maybe not.

J.A.K.Mouw (J.A.K.Mouw@et.tudelft.nl)
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:54:03 +0000 (GMT)

Laszlo Vecsey (master@internexus.net) wrote:
: > : I have an AMD lance based card... I had to boot up with 1.2.13 redhat boot
: > : disks because the 1.3.75 kernel that I compiled refused to use the
: > : network! ifconfig looked normal, but I was unable to ping sites
: > : successfully. I guess I'll have to go back down to 1.3.74 until this is
: > : fixed.
: >
: > Same problem here. I use a WD8003 in a Pentium running 1.3.75 and an
: > NE1000 in an 80386 runing 1.2.13. If I pinged the Pentium from the
: > 386, ifconfig on the pentium showed only erroneous received packets,
: > not even one good packet. TCP and UDP also don't work anymore.

: I have 1.3.75 working now, I haven't determind what the problem was.
: After messing around with libc, binutils, ldd, and all sorts of TCP
: config settings in the kernel (I was attempting to narrow down the
: problem) I finally got it running! Unfortunately I don't know what was
: causing the problem :> It might have been the multicast mbone support,
: firewall option, or possibly the experimental pgcc 2.7.2p I was running.
: In any case, after 30+ hours of recompiles I'm now running with libc
: 5.2.18, binutils .10, and 2.7.2p l8 and the AMD lance networking is fine
: (with network alias support)

: Anyone know why libc-5.3.6 doesn't come with updated /usr/lib/crt1.o crt*.o
: files? I can't compile any programs with libc-5.3.6.bin.tar.gz installed.

I also solved my problem: The ehternet card wasn't plugged firmly
into the ISA slot (blush). After I fixed it, my network was up and
running again. However, it is strange that Linux 1.2.13 didn't have
any problem and Linux 1.3.75 didn't respond.

Erik

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