I have an odd problem with my NIC; on both x86 and x86_64 OpenSuSE 11.3 I lose network connectivity with my gateway router, if heavy downloading is evolved (e.g. downloading a large file over HTTP or any activity - large or small - on bittorrent). I have no limitations on my ISP side and the router is working fine. I even upgraded to the latest firmware from my wireless router’s vendor and installed third party firmware, but the problem remains. While I lose connectivity on the wired network segment (my PC is directly connected to the router), the wireless segment continues to operate. What’s even more odd, I have no networking issues while watching streaming media - normal or higher quality.
Information about my network card:
06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Sundance Technology Inc / IC Plus Corp IP1000 Family Gigabit Ethernet (rev 41)
On 04/14/2011 01:36 PM, gearge wrote:
>
> I have an odd problem with my NIC; on both x86 and x86_64 OpenSuSE 11.3
> I lose network connectivity with my gateway router, if heavy downloading
> is evolved (e.g. downloading a large file over HTTP or any activity -
> large or small - on bittorrent). I have no limitations on my ISP side
> and the router is working fine. I even upgraded to the latest firmware
> from my wireless router’s vendor and installed third party firmware, but
> the problem remains. While I lose connectivity on the wired network
> segment (my PC is directly connected to the router), the wireless
> segment continues t operate. What’s even more odd, I have no networking
> issues while watching streaming media - normal or higher quality.
>
> Information about my network card:
>
> 06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Sundance Technology Inc / IC Plus Corp
> IP1000 Family Gigabit Ethernet (rev 41)
>
> 1: None 00.0: 10701 Ethernet
> [Created at net.124]
> Unique ID: usDW.ndpeucax6V1
> Parent ID: rBUF.H29BqU8ALB5
> SysFS ID: /class/net/eth0
> SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:06:01.0
> Hardware Class: network interface
> Model: “Ethernet network interface”
> Driver: “Sundance Technology IPG Triple-Speed Ethernet”
> Driver Modules: “ipg”
> Device File: eth0
> HW Address:
> Link detected: yes
> Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
> Attached to: #31 (Ethernet controller)
>
> Please assist in resolving this issue.
Does ‘/sbin/lspci -nn’ show the PCI ID as 0x13f0, 0x1021? If so, there is a
kernel fix removing this ID from ipg and letting dl2k drive the device. To test
this fix, do the following:
If that helps things, then blacklist ipg in /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf.
If your device is not the 13f0:1021, then you should post the symptoms on the
Linux Kernel Mailing List (linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org) or on the kernel
bugzilla (bugzilla.kernel.org). I’m quite certain this is an upstream problem.
Be sure to list your kernel version as shown by ‘uname -r’.
On 04/15/2011 12:36 PM, gearge wrote:
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> I filed a report at Kernel Bug Tracker:
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33332
>
> Should I do the same at Novell’s Bugzilla, or is it to much hasle?
As most openSUSE users would not think to look at the kernel bugzilla, I think
an abbreviated report at the Novell one is warranted. Give it a good,
descriptive one, and reference the kernel report.