Thanks for responding Nathan. Still having the problem big time.
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 16:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> No explanations jump to mind, but here are a couple of things I'd try
> if I were facing this behavior:
>
> - Run /sbin/ifconfig - are you seeing high counts of errors, dropped
> packets, and such for that interface?
Not from what I can see. The first is after a reboot and before I start
Mozilla. The second is after it's been hanging for a minute.
Wizard root # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:EC:47:FF
inet addr:192.168.1.26 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:95
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:45894 (44.8 Kb) TX bytes:9068 (8.8 Kb)
Interrupt:18 Memory:ea000000-ea001080
Wizard root # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:EC:47:FF
inet addr:192.168.1.26 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:113 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:113
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:58770 (57.3 Kb) TX bytes:11242 (10.9 Kb)
Interrupt:18 Memory:ea000000-ea001080
>
> - Restart the interface:
>
> /etc/init.d/net.eth0 restarts
>
> (or whatever the particular device's init script is, if not eth0).
>
> Are you using DHCP on the subnet? If so, did you restart your interface
> after you restarted the router?
The above data is after a complete power down of the network. Firewall
and both PC's shut down. Then the firewall was brought up followed by
the Gentoo box. No change in the problem. XP box still off.
> Some of these symptoms suggest problems when your client opens multiple
> connections - the browser behavior is consistent with that, although
> I wouldn't expect that for email protocols (unless you're accessing
> Web-based email through a browser). That said, I'm not sure what to
> do about it.
>
No, just using Evolution going to pop and smtp servers. However, the
delay is only for files that have large attachments, not for ones that
do not.
I also tried using an ftp client in Windows and going to a couple of
places. That didn't seem to work well at all either. Huge delays. Doing
a right-click on a *.gz file on a web page and saving to Save As results
in very slow download again.
So what if the multiple connections, or even just one or two protocols
are now causing problems with my firewall and its new firmware? Why
would this only happen with the Linux box and not the Windows box? I
think that doesn't make sense.
I guess I could bypass the firewall and hang this box directly on the
net to find out if the problem is in the box or in the firewall, but I'm
not happy about doing that, and I don't know right now how to set up a
DHCP Linux box, so I'd have to study to do that.
I'm completely confused. Not that difficult as I'm not much of a Linux
guy.
Mark
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