>> I have 3 Gentoo systems on a wireless network, one of which is the >> firewall/router. Sometimes any traffic to one of the systems >> effectively freezes traffic on the whole network. Does anyone know >> what might cause that? It's tough to investigate because it doesn't >> happen all the time. > > Not sure if it is remotely related to your problem, but I've noticed something > similar happening when I was using a Netgear DG834 router and happened to > start up a box with a gigabit ethernet card (everything else was 10T-100). > While the gigabit card was negotiating speeds with the router everything else > was unable to use the network. That could last for up to a minute or so. > When I changed router the problem went away.
Just so I'm sure I understand, this couldn't be related with the problematic system connected wirelessly and the router being a Gentoo system right? - Grant
