[PLUG] IRQ conflict

[Marvin J. Kosmal]

On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 23:35, Phil Tomson wrote:
> 
> Lately I've been noticing slow connection speeds (I still have a dial-up 
> connection) AND slow connections on my internal network.
> 
> I looked at /proc/pci and noticed that both the modem and ethernet on the 
> machine that dials in and does IP masquerading were both on IRQ 11.  This 
> seems to be a problem, and I suspect it is the source of the slow 
> connections and network problems.  So how can I force one or the other of 
> them to use a different IRQ?  (the ethernet controller is on the 
> motherboard of this machine, but the modem is a USR PCI card)
> 
> ...OR is this the problem, can the IRQ be shared between them peacefully?
> 
> Phil
> 

My experience says "NO"


Sharing should not be a problem....

HTH

> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
> 
-- 
Marvin J. Kosmal
Linux Activist
Registered User # 88512
Brought to by Libranet 2.7