RE: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-26 Thread Craig Van Ham
TX packets:28064715 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Craig _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Lines Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:36 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections On 7/24

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-26 Thread Rob Lines
On 7/24/07, John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jesse Cantara wrote: > So basically, what I can figure from all of the evidence at this point > is the problem is either: > default configuration of the network in CentOS isn't proper for what > I'm doing (can't handle the traffic or number of

RE: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-24 Thread Robert - eLists
Hm sounds like possible duplex issue I try to add this to my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file at the bottom ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 100 duplex full autoneg off" So that it always boots as we desire. You can modify as you need or run ethtool as desired man ethtool - rh _

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-24 Thread John R Pierce
Jesse Cantara wrote: So basically, what I can figure from all of the evidence at this point is the problem is either: default configuration of the network in CentOS isn't proper for what I'm doing (can't handle the traffic or number of connections). I get a decent amount of traffic, maxing out

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-24 Thread Jesse Cantara
To reply to myself, I'm pulling my hair out about this one, here's some more information: I've simplified the problem into just simply wanting to download files from the server at the hosting facility. No iptables, no port forwarding, just download a file through apache directly from the serv

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-24 Thread David G. Miller
Jesse Cantara wrote: Actually, I spoke too soon. Setting the NIC to 100 Mbit did not fix the issue, I just happened to misdiagnose a fix, because it seemed to be working for quite some time, but it is back to the old problems. Basically, I'm at wits end right now. I'm going to go down to the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-24 Thread Chris Geldenhuis
Jesse Cantara wrote: Actually, I spoke too soon. Setting the NIC to 100 Mbit did not fix the issue, I just happened to misdiagnose a fix, because it seemed to be working for quite some time, but it is back to the old problems. Basically, I'm at wits end right now. I'm going to go down to the

RE: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-23 Thread Robert - eLists
Did anyone suggest replacing the possibly bad NIC (or shut it down) with a known linux supported and properly functioning NIC unit? - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-23 Thread Jesse Cantara
Actually, I spoke too soon. Setting the NIC to 100 Mbit did not fix the issue, I just happened to misdiagnose a fix, because it seemed to be working for quite some time, but it is back to the old problems. Basically, I'm at wits end right now. I'm going to go down to the colocation and see i

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-23 Thread Jesse Cantara
The problem ended up being the "tg3" Broadcom NIC kernel module driver. It doesn't work properly at Gigabit speeds. Turning it down to 100 Megabit fixed the issue. Does anybody know where I should report this bug? Thanks for all your help, -Jesse William L. Maltby wrote: On Fri, 2007-07-20 at

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-21 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 12:29 -0400, Jesse Cantara wrote: > Hi Bob, > > > The issue I'm having is that external traffic is being forwarded > properly, BUT that it drops the connection occasionally. It's not > consistent (maybe 2 out of 5 downloads from the internet through the > router to the w

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-20 Thread Jesse Cantara
Hi Bob, When I was on the router testing from there, the IP I was using was the private IP. That's not a big concern of mine though, I'm aware that locally-generated traffic won't be "forwarded" correctly. The issue I'm having is that external traffic is being forwarded properly, BUT that

Re: [CentOS] CentOS based router dropping connections

2007-07-20 Thread Bob Chiodini
Jesse Cantara wrote: Hello, I am trying to figure out a problem I'm having using CentOS on a machine as a router. The short story is: any traffic routed through the router seems to get disconnected at random occasionally. The hardware setup is: I have two switches, the router sits between