This sounds very much like a hardware problem. I'd try either swapping the pieces (the NICs and the cable between them) out one at a time or try using them one at a time with a set of known working hardware.
-Ian On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 09:58 +0100, George Borisov wrote: > George Borisov wrote: > > > > The problem is that PC2 can not reliably connect to PC1. Pinging > > from PC2 to PC1 results in about 80% packet loss. > > > > However (and this is the weird thing) pinging from PC1 to PC2 > > works just fine, no packet loss at all! > > > > Running tcpdump on the PC1 br0 interface shows that only a few > > packets from PC2 arrive, which is why it does not respond. > > OK, more weird stuff. Running tcpdump on the PC2 br0 interface > shows all of the ping packets going out. However, running tcpdump > on PC2 eth1 (the interface in forwarding state) shows only the > occasional packet leaving (and these always get a reply.) > > Since PC2 eth2 is in blocking state and it is the only other > member of the bridge, where are the other packets going? :-\ > > > -- > George Borisov > > DXSolutions Ltd > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
