From: Eric Weigle <ehw@lanl.gov>
To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
Cc: Lista Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 3c59x gives HWaddr FF:FF:...
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:57:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030328155719.GC14040@lanl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030328145159.GA4265@werewolf.able.es>
> I have just switched the network card for my internal network from a 8139
> to a 3c905C-TX/TX-M. The 3c59x driver gives the buggy FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
> hardware address for the adapter. [...]
I've seen this on laptops (but never on desktops) when the PCMCIA card wasn't
seated properly-- the connectors wore out after too many plug/unplug cycles.
Something didn't work and it failed over to broadcast.
> Any suggestion ?
If all else fails, yank the card and reseat it.
-Eric
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-28 15:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-28 14:51 3c59x gives HWaddr FF:FF: J.A. Magallon
2003-03-28 15:57 ` Eric Weigle [this message]
2003-03-28 20:48 ` Andrew Morton
2003-03-28 23:05 ` J.A. Magallon
2003-03-28 23:16 ` Andrew Morton
2003-03-29 0:46 ` J.A. Magallon
2003-03-29 17:12 ` Thomas Backlund
2003-03-29 19:45 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-03-30 2:21 ` Juan Quintela
2003-03-30 10:19 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-03-30 10:53 ` Thomas Backlund
2003-03-30 11:16 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-03-31 19:09 ` Bas Vermeulen
2003-03-29 0:29 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2003-03-29 0:44 ` Andrew Morton
2003-03-29 1:23 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
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2003-03-28 16:13 Alex Davis
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