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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:01:53 +0100
From: Anders Widman <andewid@tnonline.net>
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Subject: Re: Entire LAN goes boo  with 2.5.64
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> Anders Widman (andewid@tnonline.net) wrote:
>> 
>>>    Hello,
>> 
>>>    Trying  out  the  2.5.64  kernel  to try to solve some IDE specific
>>>    problems  with 2.4.x kernels. Now I have another problem. We have a
>>>    Windows LAN and a Windows XP with WinRoute Pro as gateway.
>> 
>>>    When  booting  the linux-machine with the 2.5.64 kernel the windows
>>>    machine goes to 100% cpu and the switch (Dlink) goes crazy (loosing
>>>    link, other machines get 100k/s instead of 10-12MiB/s etc).
>> 
>>>    I  compiled  the  2.5.64  with  as  few  options  as  possible,  no
>>>    netfilter, or IPSec or similar stuff.
>> 
>>>    What can be the problem?
>> 
>>    Forgot to say I am using a Intel Pro100+ NIC and I have tested with
>>    both the Becker driver and the Intel driver.

> I've seen something similar [1] happen to a LAN with one Windows XP machine
> running vcool: http://vcool.occludo.net/ . This is also available for Linux
> (http://vcool.occludo.net/VC_Linux.html). Are you running this patch or a
> similar one?

Nope, no vcool or anything similar. But it is very odd that the switch
would go crazy too!

> [1] all machines were seeing frame errors on packets > 250 bytes; it was a
> 10 mbit coax lan.

Using 100mbit switched network.


   



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