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From: Duane Griffin <duaneg@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] r8169 and slow transfers over LAN
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:48:49
Message-Id: e9e943910709250834t6eb0813blbb8ec0845010bfb4@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] r8169 and slow transfers over LAN by "Kacper Kopczyński"
1 On 25/09/2007, Kacper Kopczyñski <capsel@××××××××××××.pl> wrote:
2 > When I'm tring to transfer a big file from my gentoo box to windows
3 > (win_ip) box over smb the speed is about 2kB/s or less (until timeout). If
4 > in the same time I start `ping -f win_ip` the speed grows up to about
5 > 5MB/s.
6 >
7 > I couldn't find anything on google.
8
9 You need to work on your google skills ;) This is a very common
10 complaint with this family of cards. Until recently the usual response
11 was "stick in a different card", however it seems like the developers
12 are finally getting to the bottom of it. You might want to try the
13 patch(es) discussed in this thread:
14
15 http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg39315.html
16
17 Cheers,
18 Duane.
19
20 --
21 "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan

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