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to: SCOTT PARKS
from: MIKE BILOW
date: 1998-01-23 09:19:00
subject: 3com PCI garbage info in LAN INFO

Scott Parks wrote in a message to all:
 SP> When I first setup our new server (HP LD Pro) I found the
 SP> setup CD did not support NW3.11 so I was unable to setup
 SP> partitions or install the network card (Intel PCI) with it. 
 SP> Since I had a 3com PCI and the drivers and knew all the load
 SP> commands I swapped the cards.  It wasn't until a week or so
 SP> later that I looked at the LAN INFO in Monitor and when I
 SP> look at the card's protocol info it displays garbage and
 SP> will crash the server.  Since everything works if I don't
 SP> probe the card info with Monitor I wonder if this is really
 SP> a problem ... or possibly a problem with NW3.11 and PCI
 SP> cards?
It's a common problem with NW 3.11, and not just with PCI cards.  If you 
apply all of the service updates to NW 3.11 and change the LAN adapter 
technology to the newer modular style, this should fix it.  But, in my 
experience, this problem is harmless as long as you don't hit the drivers 
with MONITOR.
 
-- Mike
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