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RTL 8139 (Realtek) wrong data byte ...

Hello,
I installed the ASL Evaluation 5.002 the first time, with 3 NIC's
one onboard SIS NIC, and two RTL 8139 NIC's. If I ping the RTL NIC's,
I get sometimes the message "wrong data byte ... should be 0xa but was ...".
The SIS NIC causes no errors. It seems that the data transfer
on the RTL NIC's is not very fast, too.

Is this a driver problem, because the RTL NIC's worked fine on
a Debian Woody Linux installation, or what could that be.
Thanks,

Blonder.

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0 Mike_H over 21 years ago

v5.002 is not available yet. Did you mean 5.001? Can you post the full error message. Have you tried alternative NIC cards? This will help in seeing if it is a driver issue.
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0 Blonder over 21 years ago in reply to Mike_H

Sorry, it was Version 5.001. I tested the installation with
one 3com card and one RTL 8139 card, the same problem,
I think it is a motherboard problem. I can ping on the OnBoard
SIS NIC without errors. I tested the PCI NICs with different
IRQs and other Bios settings but I had always the same problem. Yesterday I mailed ASUS and told them the problem.
Now I am waiting for an answer.

Thanks for your reply,
Blonder.
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0 Mike_H over 21 years ago in reply to Blonder

please post their response. also have you tried different makes of NIC? may be worth trying some
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0 TheDane over 21 years ago in reply to Blonder

Don't think it's a driver problem... I have 2 or 3 (don't remember) RT8139 NIC's installed on 5.001 - no problems...
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