On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> >%_I installed Mandrake 6 which seemed to work fine until I tried to ftp a
> 128Mb file from another server to the new install box where networking
> locked up. Tried rcp and ftp client and had the same problems, small files
> transfer fine large ones lock networking. The FTP of large files works fine
> with RedHat 5.1 or 5.2, I reinstalled and it still works so its not a
> hardware problem but I changed cards and all cables anyway. I installed Red
> Hat 6.0 with various kernels (2.2.10, 2.2.11, 2.2.12) and have the same
> problem. The network card is a 3com 3c905 tried compiling and using the
> latest driver but that didn't help either. Does anyone have a new direction
> for me to try?????
>
First, PLEASE turn off HTML. It makes it hard to read in
some non-MS mail clients. :-)
Second, how much RAM do you have and what brand (AMD,
Intel, etc) and speed processor are your two machines?
Also, how much swap space do you have? I'm suspecting that
it may be a speed/memory problem.
