> Thanks, I've had a look. Do I understand correctly, that the FTP get > that seemed to cause the original problem ddidn't run its traffic > through the AMD firewall that reported the TX Hang, but from FTPSrv > to a public internet client ?
Yes, After a look at the configuration thats the setup. It did'nt pass through the firewall. So It must have been the switch :S No problem after i changed to 1Gig switch. Thanks allot David for your time and help. Best regards, Svavar O Reykjavik - Iceland On 12.10.2009, at 17:00, Graham, David wrote: > Svavar Örn Eysteinsson wrote: >> I was actually thinking about disable'ing NetworkManager and the >> avahi- daemon. >> But wasn't sure about if I need it it or what. >> BUT, I got some great great news. >> I told my friend yesterday to start a download from my FTP server. >> Everything went smooth. >> No crash, no nothing. So I decided to try it out my self just to >> make sure everything was OK. >> Connected my laptop to my public network switch and gave it a >> legal public IP from my network. >> Started a download from the ftp server and got about 10.8 - 10.9 >> MB/ sec in download rate. >> Did that for about 20-30min or so, and no logs or no crash on my >> firewall or router machine. >> I also downloaded while my friend was downloading too, more stress >> on the link right ? >> So, I would think that the problem is gone. >> With updated drivers (8.0.16) and configuration ( the >> TxDescriptorStep ) on both firewall and my router machine, thanks >> to you David. >> And replaced a 100Mbit switch to a 1GB switch ( unmanaged >> although : ( ) >> I'm still going to try more of a stress test on my link after the >> weekend.. This situation is too good to be true :) > Svavar, this is great news, as you say maybe too good. >> Here's a simple and ugly diagram of the network in PDF format : >> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/16134/g37-network-diagram.pdf > Thanks, I've had a look. Do I understand correctly, that the FTP get > that seemed to cause the original problem ddidn't run its traffic > through the AMD firewall that reported the TX Hang, but from FTPSrv > to a public internet client ? > > ------ PUBLIC -------------------|-FireWall-|---PRIVATE--- > > Zebra AMD > Internet 0+-----+ 1 +----+ 0 +-----+ 1 + > & ftp --|Linux|------| SW |-----|Linux|-----+ Lan > client +-----+ +-+--+ +-----+ + > | > +--+---+ > |FTPSrv| > +------+ > > If so, the FTP transfer must have effected the AMD firewall box > indirectly, and that might be because the (10/100) switch was > overloaded, configured for flow control, and sent flow control > frames (PAUSE) out to all connected interfaces including eth0 on the > AMD firewall. And if this was the case, then replacing the 10/100 > switch with a 1G switch may really be what resolved the issue. > > Let me know if I do correctly understand the network configuration. > > Because the original problem you reported has gone, I don't feel > that this is now as urgent as it was, but I'd really like to > understand which things did what. > > Thanks > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
