[wplug] Netgear driver

[Robert Dale]

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Zach Paine wrote:

> I helped James install linux at the installfest and the network card acted 
> very odd.  It was supported by the kernel (b. sammon knows which kernel it 
> was), but as soon as the interface was brought up, and 1 packet was sent out, 
> the interface would die.  /var/log/messages was full of lines saying "eth0: 
> Something wicked happened!" or something to that effect.  Perhaps a newer 
> driver would be the answer.  

I've seen that happen on bad hardware before.

-- 
Robert Dale

wplug member since 1998