Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!ima!spdcc!dyer From: dyer@arktouros.MIT.EDU (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: problems with ethernet interface Message-ID: <1959@spdcc.COM> Date: 28 Sep 88 23:21:07 GMT Sender: root@spdcc.COM Reply-To: dyer@arktouros.MIT.EDU (Steve Dyer) Organization: MIT Project Athena, Cambridge MA 02139 Lines: 27 I am running A/UX 1.0 and find that I have to reboot the machine regularly because the network dies with the messages ae0: overflow NIC reset failed. ae6_intr: Receive overflow warning. Following this, the network is effectively dead. Some utilities whose names escape me actually say so: "network down", but this is not reflected in a call to "netstat -i", nor does a call to ifconfig reset things. Usually I see many copies of this message on my screen when I come in the first time each day, but I can also make it happen on command by doing a rcp with files going to the A/UX box. Very occasionally, a message of the form ae0 transmitter frozen, resetting appears within a few minutes, and the system is again usable, but more often, I never see this message and rebooting is the only way to clear things. What's the matter here? Is the ethernet interface bad? A mVAX-II, an Apollo, a Bell Tech V.3 box and a RT/PC are all on the same DELNI and exhibit no problems whatsoever. Any and all clues would be appreciated. --- Steve Dyer dyer@arktouros.MIT.EDU dyer@spdcc.COM aka {harvard,husc6,linus,ima,bbn,m2c,mipseast}!spdcc!dyer