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M. Eizenga

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Oct 30, 2003, 4:00:59 PM10/30/03
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We run netware 6.5 in a test environemnt. DNS and DHCP not working.
In Netware 6.0 this is a know issue :

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10076183.htm

We tried :

1) An updated Q57.LAN (v6.01)
2) An updated B57.LAN (v7.00)
2) CHECKSUM=OFF as parameter when loading the NIC driver.

Not working for NW65.

Anyone got an solution yet ?

Andrew C Taubman

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Oct 30, 2003, 6:21:30 PM10/30/03
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You should use B57.lan v 6.04. Everything else is broken.
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mar...@eizenga.demon.nl

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Oct 31, 2003, 8:17:59 AM10/31/03
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> You should use B57.lan v 6.04. Everything else is broken.

Thanks, i'll try. Do you have a link? I can only find 6.01 and 7.00

mar...@eizenga.demon.nl

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Nov 4, 2003, 4:28:38 AM11/4/03
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Found 6.04 in the broadcom.com archive, but this version doesn't solve the
problem. Version 6.05 (b1nw6sp4) neither solves the problem.

Andrew C Taubman

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Nov 5, 2003, 1:20:44 AM11/5/03
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In that case I suggest you post in the dns-dhcp forum, as I doubt it is a
lan card issue.

John

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Dec 12, 2003, 8:05:23 PM12/12/03
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It is!!!! See my note that I posted in GW

I've been pulling my hear out building the new 6.5 environment and wondering
why the MTA's don't talk (everything else works fine, pings, gwip.nlm,
ports, etc...)...

HP confirms it's the Boradcom q57 driver, and is sending us INTEL nic's.

I even have two incidents open at Novell - HP said they should have told me
as they are well aware of the situatiion....

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Andrew C Taubman

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Dec 14, 2003, 5:40:19 PM12/14/03
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I don't sub to the GW forums. But there certainly used to be problems with
the Broadcom cards and dns/dhcp, but they were reported to be solved in
recent drivers. There are people using them as such, so your experience that
they just flat-out don't work at all (I think that's what you are saying) is
not universal. But it is becoming clearer that there are still significant
problems with the cards and/or the drivers, so I think your solution is the
best for you.
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Tim Heywood (NSC Sysop)

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Dec 15, 2003, 3:29:24 AM12/15/03
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The problem with the Broadcom Cards was always UDP. This is used in GW and in
DNS/DHCP and therefore was noticed within those forums first.

The very latest drivers are bad news, and have resurrected problems that had
been resolved. See if you can get hold of a MAY 2003 driver (Q57.LAN) at these
were the best, indeed I would say they work really very well. The other thing
to ensure is that the Q57.LDI is of the same generation as the Q57.LAN as mixing
those can cause even more problems.

No harm in trying the May driver, after all that would get you 2 free Intel
cards :-)

Tim

PS. NW6.5 SP1 seems to ship the 7.03 driver which is no better :-(


On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:40:19 GMT, "Andrew C Taubman"
<ataubman.Remo...@Novell.AndThis.com> wrote:

>I don't sub to the GW forums. But there certainly used to be problems with
>the Broadcom cards and dns/dhcp, but they were reported to be solved in
>recent drivers. There are people using them as such, so your experience that
>they just flat-out don't work at all (I think that's what you are saying) is
>not universal. But it is becoming clearer that there are still significant
>problems with the cards and/or the drivers, so I think your solution is the
>best for you.


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John

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Dec 15, 2003, 1:09:25 PM12/15/03
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Yes, it has to do with the way UDP handle checksum using the Q57 driver...
you can do checksum=off and that may help a little but not in my case...

HP said Broadcom is working on new driver which is due out Jan/Feb...which
we can't wait that long!
At least they are shipping Intel cards at no cost :)

It's just frustrating because I rebuild the new 6.5 system on 4 servers
multiple times thinking I'm missing something, etc...MTA's queues would
sporadically get stuck and clear and stuck...


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Tim Heywood (NSC Sysop)

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Dec 15, 2003, 2:56:14 PM12/15/03
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Have you tried the May version of the driver? I know it is a NW6 driver as
opposed to 6.5 but...

The old Checksum=off was a problems that was resolved in a version of the B57,
Q57 that was released back last January.

I will send you a copy of the best working version of the B57 that I have and
(if I can find it) a copy of the Q57.

Tim

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