if_bfe hangs?

[Amar Takhar]

On 2004-03-01 12:05 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 which has the Broadcom BCM4401 ethernet controller 
> in it, so I am using if_bfe. Mostly it seems to work, but just recently I 
> visted a friend who had a 10Mbit hub and I could reliably get my entire 
> system to wedge if I did even a small amount of network activity..
> 
> Has anyone had a similar experience? I have a 10Mbit hub at work so I might 
> see if it's repeatable, but it's a solid hang (can't break into debugger) so 
> it might be difficult to debug :(

Yeah, i've had this problem as well, as have many others, you can use Bill's
NDISulator (aka Project Evil), i've used this on a 100mbit network perfectly, no
hangs at all.  (going at top speed, too)


Amar.