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Hi, |
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I'm having serious networking problems between 2 Gentoo Linux boxes. The |
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configurations are: |
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Server: VIA EPIA 500MHz, 512Mb memory, 40Gb disk, VIA-Rhine and Realtek |
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8139 network cards |
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Client: Intel P4, 1Gb memory, 80+120Gb disk, Realtek network card |
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The following can be observed: |
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- I can communicate between server and client, but at average speeds |
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around 40Kbs for a 100Mbit connection via a switch (crosslink cable |
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doesn't make a difference). |
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- Whenever I use an NFS mounted directory on the client (/usr/portage) the |
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process will hang after a (very) short amount of network traffic. The |
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client process has the "D" flag in the ps output so it is waiting for I/O. |
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Nothing shows in the logs on the server. |
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- On the server I've tried gentoo-sources (2.4.20-r8 and 2.4.22-r2) and |
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vanilla-sources (2.4.23). Also I've switched between the VIA-Rhine and |
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Realtek for the server-client connection. No differences. |
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- On the client I've tried gentoo-sources (2.4.20-r8 and 2.4.22-r2), but |
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not the vanilla-sources. |
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- On the server ifconfig shows an enormous amount of dropped packets, but |
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no errors. |
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So, based on the above info, could you guys explain to me what is wrong. |
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I've recently switched my FreeBSD server to the above server and before |
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that I didn't have any problems with networking between any of the |
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machines. |
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Thanks in advance for any info, |
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| | _ _| | |_ Kees de Bruin |
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| |/ / _ | _ \ e-mail: kees@×××××××.net |
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