[Asterisk-Users] NIC card failure [was: System freeze]

[mattf]

It is important to note that cheap nic cards that were really designed for
1% utilization on a workstation are not well suited for an Asterisk server
installation with any kind of VOIP traffic. We foolishly put a Realtek card
in a test server and after a month literally fried the NIC card, It was
extremely hot when we took it out after seeing thousands of network errors.
I would recommend a 3com 905CX NIC card, we have these in all of our
Asterisk servers and they function beautifully, and I have yet to hear of
one breaking down uder high traffic. Yes, they cost a lot more than your
average $4 Realtek card, you can pick them up new for about $20-$30.

MATT---

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Welter [mailto:mike at introspect.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:17 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] System freeze


As I said in my first post, I don't think this is an asterisk problem.

Last night I swapped-out the Netgear NIC card, and things appear to have 
settled down (no more event 2 messages).

I really appreciate all the help I received from the list members and Mark.

I'll update tracking bug 963 when I'm satisfied the problem is fixed.

Thanks,
Michael Welter

Michael Welter wrote:

> I have a Gigabyte K7 motherboard with an Athlon 2400+ processor.  Before 
> the T1 install I had two T100P cards, one for the channel bank and the 
> other unused.  This ran perfect for a month.
> 
> Last week we installed a new integrated T1 into the unused T100P (to 
> replace POTS lines and DSL.)  In BIOS, I disabled some unused 
> peripherals so that each T100P would find its own unique IRQ.
> 
> I also installed the updated asterisk, libpri, and zaptel sources.
> 
> I have seen two system freezes--one on Friday and one this morning.  The 
> whole system freezes--no LAN, no phones, no console.  During this 
> morning's freeze there were no calls in progress.  The logs say nothing.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this?  I suspect it isn't an asterisk problem, but 
> I would appreciate feedback.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
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