network stalls on Fedora Core 3
Tom Trebisky
tom at mmto.org
Sat Apr 23 21:14:48 UTC 2005
On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 11:49:04AM -0700, Keith Fetterman wrote:
> Since this problem isn't a FC3 specific problem (I also discovered the
> same problem in the latest Ubuntu Linux), does anyone know the best
> mailing list/forum to that discusses kernel 2.6 and ethernet driver
> issues? Maybe this problem has already been identified and workarounds
> suggested.
>
> I do know that this problem is not limited to a specific ethernet card.
> I have the same problem with both an OEM 3com ethernet card and an
> Intel ethernet card. I guess its possible they are the same chip inside
> so they are using the same driver, but I though Intel made their own
> network chips.
I suspect the problem is well above the network driver level. This is
a fundamental TCP/IP stack problem, almost certainly a botch in the TCP
code involving a retransmit timer or some such.
Actually, come to think of it I experience this issue exclusively
with ssh connections (which is the bulk of what I do from home),
which is definitely TCP.
Indeed intel has their own network chips and the 3Com has their own
silicon as well; and the drivers are totally different.
This is not a chip or driver problem.
If the kernel developers would just stop reinventing the wheel, ...
... (oops, I didn't say that).
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