I kept getting, change the cable, change the switch port, recycle your router. I have two machines that both have built in Ethernet using an Atheros chipset and both do the same thing. My problems are with ArcaOS which is the revamped OS/2.ĪrcaNoae doesn't seem interested in finding a solution to the problem of having my network drop with any network activity. The HP desktop has a built in Atheros Ethernet that works fine with SmartOS. Given that no network problems exist on the T60 but they do with Atheros chipset machines seems to give credence to my diagnosis.
#Ibm ecomstation iso driver#
But when that driver is used with an Atheros chipset then network problems occur (at least on my two machines with Atheros).
#Ibm ecomstation iso update#
The last update it was said by tech support the ArcaOS MMALC driver is used successfully by others. It has been two months since the ticket was opened. In addtion, I have two IBM Thinkpad T60's which have eComStation and ArcaOS installed and they both work perfectly fine and no network problems. I have also ran OpenBSD, SmartOS, Solaris 11, 9front, Inferno, Windows 10 successfully going through the same router without any problems. It must be noted that I currently run: OpenIndiana, Minix3, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Plan9, and Windows 8 going through the same router without any problems. A few days go by and I'm asked to change my firewall rules because "possibly" IPv6 traffic is confusing the IP stack on ArcaOS. More time goes by and I'm asked to create a TCP dump. Reset the router (FreeBSD running IPF) and same problem continues. A few days later I'm asked to reset my router because that could potentially be the problem according to tech support. Unlikely since I used the same cable in the same port for another laptop with another OS, but I bought a new cable and plugged it into a different port. Nearly 6 weeks later I'm asked to change the cable or maybe I have a bad port on my switch. Had me try changing the setup in a config file and still dropped the network. I found the HP desktop and the Lenovo N580 laptop both have Atheros chipsets. Ping of the gateway didn't work.ĪrcaOS and eComStation work fine on my IBM Thinkpad T60's. I check the network setup and it has an IP but I couldn't ping my gateway. Success! Now I could browse the Internet without much worry about the silent predators known as Windows viruses and malware. Maybe 15 minutes later the installation was completed and two reboots later I had a desktop. I burned the iso to a DVD and began the installation. I had even purchased a Lenovo N580 for the purpose of running OS/2 on new hardware (eComStation doesn't run on the Lenovo). I waited patiently, checking multiple times daily, for weeks during their countless delays, until the official release where I immediately purchased by own copy of the new OS/2. Having a fondness for OS/2 I was elated to have an update being released by Arca Noae in ArcaOS.