Re: having problems with D-link DFE-580tx quad card on obsd 3.4 i386

["D.Pageau" <dpageau@infodev.ca>]

Two differents status on DFE-580TX (not working for Neal and working for 
Carlos) .  I need a quad NIC and unfortunatly can't afford 400$+ Intel 
quad.  Should I look for used DFE-570TX (Tulip) on ebay?

What do you think?  Do you have any update Neal?

Neal Hamilton Jr. wrote:
> Is anyone using a D-link DFE-580tx with openbsd 3.4? I just installed 3.4
> with the generic kernel, it recognizes the above quad card and ifconfig
> shows ...ste0 – ste03.  I can setup an ip on any of the latter interfaces
> and get connected to the network but the traffic seems to be having
> issues as in cutting in and out. For ex. I can connect to the 3.4 box via
> ssh from another machine but communicating with it seems to cut in and
> out if i put a little load on it. For ex. When logged into the 3.4 box
> via ssh and issuing the command “ find /”  ....it will spit out a few
> lines,,wait for about 4 sec. Spit out a few more and on and on. It takes
> about 2 mins for that command to finish when going through the network.
> The same command at the console takes about 10sec and i replaced the
> d-link card with a generic 3com-5x and the problem goes away and again
> the find /  command continually spits out the info without stopping and
> finishes quickly. I cant even use vi over the network with the d-link as
> i can type something and then about after a 4-5 sec. Delay it will
> appear. Seems like maybe there is something wrong with the driver for
> this card.
> 
> Thank in advance.

"Carlos L.M." <adm_sis@yahoo.es> writes:
> It works for me, but you may need patches if you want multicast
> reception; I'm not sure if the patches have made their way into the
> system yet.

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Dominic Pageau