Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261825AbTFPMda (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:33:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262143AbTFPMd3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:33:29 -0400 Received: from dns.toxicfilms.tv ([150.254.37.24]:22992 "EHLO dns.toxicfilms.tv") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261825AbTFPMd3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:33:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:47:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Maciej Soltysiak To: Stephan von Krawczynski Cc: linux-kernel , Marcelo Tosatti , Alan Cox Subject: Re: BUG REPORT: Massive performance drop in routing throughput with 2.4.21 In-Reply-To: <20030616141806.6a92f839.skraw@ithnet.com> Message-ID: References: <20030616141806.6a92f839.skraw@ithnet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1005 Lines: 22 > there seems to be a real serious problem with 2.4.21, routing through two > ethernet-devices. After 24 hours of a routing-only box the throughput from > ethernet a to ethernet b decreased to something around 4-100 kByte/sec (100 > Mbit network 2 cards ns83820). I had to drop using 2.4.21 on this box because > of this. 2.4.20 is flawless on the machine and ran for around 100 days before > without any troubles. Going back to 2.4.20 cured it. Are you using any netfilter patch-o-matic patches? Does it also affect eg. ssh latency even on LAN ? Since I switched my processor from Intel do Amd, I have been experiencing similar but after longer periods of time than yours. I am also using VIA chipset, maybe it's a hardware driver problem. Regards, Maciej - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/