Re: [gentoo-user] Certain network activity stops the network

[Mick]

On Saturday 27 December 2008, Grant wrote:
> >> I have 3 Gentoo systems on a wireless network, one of which is the
> >> firewall/router.  Sometimes any traffic to one of the systems
> >> effectively freezes traffic on the whole network.  Does anyone know
> >> what might cause that?  It's tough to investigate because it doesn't
> >> happen all the time.
> >
> > Not sure if it is remotely related to your problem, but I've noticed
> > something similar happening when I was using a Netgear DG834 router and
> > happened to start up a box with a gigabit ethernet card (everything else
> > was 10T-100). While the gigabit card was negotiating speeds with the
> > router everything else was unable to use the network.  That could last
> > for up to a minute or so. When I changed router the problem went away.
>
> Just so I'm sure I understand, this couldn't be related with the
> problematic system connected wirelessly and the router being a Gentoo
> system right?

No, this is related to a gigabit ethernet card (re)negotiating connection 
speeds with a problematic *router*.  The box with the gigabit card in my case 
would bring the network down whether I booted the said box in MSWindows or 
Gentoo.  It's not a client OS issue.  YMMV.

Try a different router if you have that luxury.
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Regards,
Mick