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I had something like this a while back, it turned out it was the dsl modem |
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was picking up RF interference from a dimmer switch. |
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If the light was full on or full off it was fine, but anywhere in between |
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and it dropped packets like crazy. I added a choke on the lamp's power line |
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and it's been fine since. YMMV. |
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dcm |
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On 7/27/06, Eray Aslan <eray.aslan@×××××××.tr> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I wanted to change the router/firewall at a small office lan to hardened |
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> gentoo. The machine in question sits between a consumer grade adsl modem |
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> and 3 different networks (so a total of 4 eth cards on the server). |
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> However, there is a high packet loss (25-50%) between server and adsl |
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> modem. cat /proc/net/dev reveals high error count on the receive side of |
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> the eth card connected to modem (transmit side has no errors). I changed |
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> the eth card and the network cable but the problem stays the same. |
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> The same eth card and cable works without any errors with a FC3 server. I |
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> am beginning to think that the errors are because of a faulty (on my part) |
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> sofware config. |
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> I am out of ideas to try. Any pointers to possible causes of high packet |
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> loss are highly appreciated. |
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> Thank you |
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> Eray |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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