Troubleshooting Guide

1064SX PCI Card-
Macintosh
performance
fluctuates.
speed
becomes quite
slow as soon
as the monitor
goes dim.
constant. See technical
document TID2095 at
Asanté support
website.
Asanté GigaNIC
1064SX PCI Card-
Macintosh
Slow
performance
with
AppleShare IP
servers and
PCI Ethernet
cards.
Customers
report
AppleShare IP
servers slow
down and
eventually
crash over
time. This
occurs with
both built-in
Ethernet and
various PCI
cards.
See technical
document TID2227 at
Asanté support
website.
3Com 3C574/575
PCMCIA 10/100
Extremely slow
performance
when operating
at 10 MB.
The
3C574/3C575
experiences
slow
performance
when
connecting at
10 MB with
Catalyst
2948G, 2980G,
4000, 5000,
and 6000
switches. This
issue is caused
by the NIC
doing
autopolarity
upon linkup.
Upgrade to the latest
NIC card driver and
disable autopolarity.
3Com 3C595
FCS or
alignment
errors recorded
on the switch.
Noted slower
performance.
When the
3C595 adapter
is used in 100
MB, half-
duplex. This
problem
usually only
represents one
percent to two
percent of the
total traffic.
FCS or
alignment
errors when the
3C595 adapter
is used in 100
MB, half-
duplex. This
problem
usually
represents one
percent to two
percent of the
total traffic.
Upgrade to the latest
NIC driver and disable
Bus Master. These
steps reduce FCS and
alignment errors.
3Com
3C905/3C905B
Intermittent
DHCP issues.
Despite the
proper
configuration of
Catalyst switch
ports,
workstations
still experience
some
intermittent
DHCP issues.
Upgrade to driver
version 4.01b or later,
which resolves DHCP
issues.
3Com
3C905/3C905B
Unable to log
in to Novell
Internetwork
Packet
Exchange
(IPX) network.
Despite the
proper
configuration of
Catalyst switch
ports,
workstations
still experience
intermittent
Novell IPX
login issues.
Upgrade to driver 4.01b
or later, which resolves
IPX autoframe-type
issues. Alternatively,
manually configure
workstations for IPX
frame type.
Slow
Notable slow
performance
when large files