Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:33:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:33:46 -0400 Received: from charybda.fi.muni.cz ([147.251.48.214]:12038 "HELO charybda.fi.muni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:33:30 -0400 From: Jan Kasprzak Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:33:34 +0200 To: craig.schlenter@freemail.absa.co.za Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Linux 2.4 networking/routing slowdown] Message-ID: <20010726153334.M1024@informatics.muni.cz> In-Reply-To: <3B600EAD.3F8F9A70@isg.de> <3B6010EC.B7428A0D@isg.de> <20010726145442.K1024@informatics.muni.cz> <20010726152322.A1339@codefountain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010726152322.A1339@codefountain.com>; from craig.schlenter@freemail.absa.co.za on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 03:23:22PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing [Cc'd linux-kernel as well, maybe this can help someone] craig.schlenter@freemail.absa.co.za wrote: : Are you sure the network cards are running at full speed - perhaps : something has decided to run at half duplex or whatever due to a network : driver change ... how about putting the box on the network without : having it do any routing and just doing a couple of ftp's to other local : machines to check the speeds with 2.2 and 2.4 kernels, testing all the cards : involved ... The NICs on firewall are set up to 100baseTX-FD using /sbin/mii-tool (and in 2.2. kernel, they are hardcoded to 100baseTX-FD via the boot parameters). The FTP from firewall to our FTP server (which is connected to the same switch - Cisco Catalyst 2900) is slow as well (I tried to get /pub/FILES.byname /dev/null). -Y. -- \ Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak http://www.fi.muni.cz/~kas/ \\ PGP: finger kas at aisa.fi.muni.cz 0D99A7FB206605D7 8B35FCDE05B18A5E // \\\ Czech Linux Homepage: http://www.linux.cz/ /// --Just returned after being 10 days off-line. Sorry for the delayed reply.-- - 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/