Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet Services wrote: > Thiemo Seufer wrote: > >Johan Arens wrote: > > > >>Hi Guys > >> > >>I got a strange problem with my qube2. > >> > >>I use it to connect 2 different networks, the final goal is to do a > >>firewall > >>with it. > >> > >>The problem is, if I start a large transfert from the network connected to > >>eth1 to the network under eth0, all the connections to and from eth0 are > >>becoming extremly slow : ping with more than 500.000 ms, impossible any > >>more > >>to open a connection with ssh,... > >> > >>However, if I do a reset of the network, with /etc/init.d/network restart, > >>the interface become normal again. > >> > >>I've found this in syslog : kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed > >>out > >> > >>My kernel is 2.4.27-r5k-cobalt. > > > > > >What is the exact version of the kernel package? You can find out via > > > > dpkg -l 'kernel-image-*' |grep ^ii > > > >The latest version (on unstable 2.4.27-11.040815-2, on sarge > >2.4.27-10.sarge1.040815-1) has a small fix which is supposed to address > >this problem. > > > > > >Thiemo > > > > > > Do the latest versions also avoid the issue where the network would lock > up uncontrollably after a period of time? We have stayed back with > kernel-image-2 2.4.27-8.04081 because it is reliable on the network.
AFAIK 2.4.27-8.04081 is not reliable when the Cobalt is used as a router (i.e. traffic on both interfaces). -10 was supposed to fix that, but broke networking on older hardware completely. -11 or -10.sarge1 should work in all cases. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
