Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paradox" <> | Subject | Re: eth0 slow down.. | Date | Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:48:14 -0400 |
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Nope, I'm using a dual PII 400*2.
Regards, Dave
----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Desnoyers <pjd@fred001.dynip.com> To: Paradox <paradox3@maine.rr.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 11:07 PM Subject: Re: eth0 slow down..
> Paradox wrote: > > > > I have a cable modem running 2.2.11 with "pump" as my dhcp client, RH6.0...I > > notice that every now and then the connection will seem to become super > > slow...ping's to another computer on the network (the gateway) go up to > > 20000 ms...however, a tcpdump shows that the pings are returned immediately > > and other computers on the network are fine (full speed)..apparently there > > is something going on internally causing this slow down. What I do is bring > > eth0 down and then run pump again, and then it works fine (i get 6 ms > > pings)...for a while. > > > > I'm running 2.2.11 SMP, the ethernet card is an NE2000 compatible PCI I > > believe. > > BTW, this doesn't ever seem to affect eth1, my lan. > > I've run into this, too. Oddly enough, on another Roadrunner system > (MediaOne). I used to get the problem on a tulip board, but now I've got > an NE2000 clone. I haven't seen the issue in weeks now, but used to > get it in spades not long after upgrading to redhat 6.0; also, several > other people on the local newsgroup had the problem. > > Just a thought - do you have a cyrix CPU? I think my trouble went away > when I switched to an AMD, and I know (from painful experience with a > driver I'm developing) that there are some issues with Cyrixen and PCI. > (DMA consistency in particular, but maybe others) > > -- > ............................................................................ > Peter Desnoyers > 162 Pleasant St. (617) 661-1979 pjd@fred.cambridge.ma.us > Cambridge, Mass. 02139 (978) 461-0402 (work) pjd@giga-net.com >
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