Re: Linux Question

[Cloudmaster <sauer@cloudmaster.ml.org>]

On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Tim Grossner wrote:
> I am running into something weird....
> 
> A new linux box we are runing is acting strange. It runs all the standard
> services, including samba. in both samba and FTP, transfering large files
> seems to just stop...and doesnt recover. Samba i wouldnt be too worried
> about, but FTP is doing it to..I can still get to the box, when this
> happens, and nothing appears wrong. Load average is low, and the process of
> STOR filename is still running.
> 
> Any thoughts?

Can I safely guess you're using windows for one end of this transfer?  And
can I likewise assume that you're running inexpensive ethernet cards on said
windows box?  Watch your collisions - they'll be pretty high during this
transfer.  Then one end of the box appears to just give up after so much
lost traffic and so many retry attempts.

I had this problem with a NE2K-compat PCI card on my windows box, and I
couldn't figure it out for the life of me.  It appears that teh combo of teh
cheap ethernet card and the noisy PCI bus (not helped by the diamond
"take-the-whole-PCI-bus-for-myself" video card was bad.  I got a 3-com card
and everythign's beautiful again, and transfers are faster to boot.

As always, YMMV.

--Danny


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