[TriLUG] Network Issue on New Laptop

[Scott Chilcote]

Ron Joffe wrote:
> I've got my hands on a new Dell 9300 Inspiron laptop. I'm having some strange 
> networking problems. OS is SLES-9. 
> 
> lspci lists the nic as :
> 
> BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
> 
> The module that was loaded (selected automatically) is b44. On boot, eth0 is 
> assigned a dhcp address, and the nameservers are properly populated 
> in /etc/resolv.conf. So from this I know I am getting some connectivity.
> 
> If I try to ping a device on my local subnet, I get:
> 
> Destination Host Unreachable for a few hundred times
> 
> Then I get very slow ping times(in the 10's of seconds) for a few hundred 
> times
> 
> Then I get sendmsg: No buffer space available
> 
> I have tried using the bcm4400 drivers, and no luck there. What other 
> suggestions would you have.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron

Ron:

Broadcom has downloadable linux drivers on their web site:

    http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php

If you haven't tried them, it might be worth a go.

     Scott C.