NT Crashes when doing large network file Xfers (3c595)

[Rick Flower]

Hmm.. I guess if you want a 100Base-T network card AND
Windows NT on a fast computer (however you define that!),
you should stay away from the 3com 3c595 network card.

I did just check on the NT Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
and found the following link indicating that this particular
network card would not work properly on fast Pentium/Pentium
Pro computers :

http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/hwtest/nDetail.idc?CN=3Com&DT=Network%2FLAN&D
N=3C595-TX+Faster+Etherlink+PCI&DB=PCI&SP=COMPATIBLE&x=11&y=10

-----Original Message-----
From: cmc at mind.org <cmc at mind.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <samba at samba.anu.edu.au>
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: NT Crashes when doing large network file Xfers (3c595)


>Something I'm actually familiar with. Wow.
>
>First off, the 3C595 card does *not* support full-duplex at 100mb.
>It supports 10mb at half or full duplex and 100mb at half duplex
>only! I researched this only 2 weeks ago, check on 3com's site if
>you're not convinced. Backing off to half-duplex won't fix this
>particular problem, though. The network layer is still going to
>go bye-bye. I ended up installing a different card and have not
>had a problem since then, and I've done some pretty heavy transfers
>that would never have worked with the 3c595.
>
>My recommendation? Pick yourself up a new card.
>
>-chris
>