Subject: Re: -50 errors
From: Kim Holburn (kim.holburn@anu.edu.au)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2001 - 22:03:53 EDT
I had a problem like this on RH7.1 with a realtek ethernet card. Nothing to do with netatalk. All network traffic would hang after an arbitrary amount of data <10K transferred. Went away after using another card.
At 03:37 AM 28/09/2001 +0200, mikko@fs.sorl.net wrote:
>About those -50 errors.
>I now know why they happend so totally irregular here on RH7.1,
>they also do in Slackware here.
>
>As I monitor the 'ifconfig -a'....
>suddenly I get an RX error, then 10 seconds later the transfer stops and the mac says -50 error.
>This -50 error is not due to a permission problem even tho -50 is supposed to mean that.
>I have tried chmod -R 777 /home etc. etc.
>
>At home I have a simple hub so I hope this is the problem. It also occurs
>when I connect the mac<->linux with a crossedwire cable, just not as often. I have
>tried changing the NIC in the linux box to a 3com 905b from realtec 8139 based one, still RX errors (even more often).
>I hope this will be solved when I use a switch, if not its got to be the mac having problems sending packets.
>
>Could someone with hub OR crosswired cable confirm or deny this?
>
>All the best /Mikko
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