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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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