Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:01:53 +0100 | From | Anders Widman <> | Subject | Re: Entire LAN goes boo with 2.5.64 |
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> Anders Widman (andewid@tnonline.net) wrote: >> >>> Hello, >> >>> Trying out the 2.5.64 kernel to try to solve some IDE specific >>> problems with 2.4.x kernels. Now I have another problem. We have a >>> Windows LAN and a Windows XP with WinRoute Pro as gateway. >> >>> When booting the linux-machine with the 2.5.64 kernel the windows >>> machine goes to 100% cpu and the switch (Dlink) goes crazy (loosing >>> link, other machines get 100k/s instead of 10-12MiB/s etc). >> >>> I compiled the 2.5.64 with as few options as possible, no >>> netfilter, or IPSec or similar stuff. >> >>> What can be the problem? >> >> Forgot to say I am using a Intel Pro100+ NIC and I have tested with >> both the Becker driver and the Intel driver.
> I've seen something similar [1] happen to a LAN with one Windows XP machine > running vcool: http://vcool.occludo.net/ . This is also available for Linux > (http://vcool.occludo.net/VC_Linux.html). Are you running this patch or a > similar one?
Nope, no vcool or anything similar. But it is very odd that the switch would go crazy too!
> [1] all machines were seeing frame errors on packets > 250 bytes; it was a > 10 mbit coax lan.
Using 100mbit switched network.
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