network stalls on Fedora Core 3
Keith Fetterman
kfetterman at go2marine.com
Thu Apr 7 19:53:08 UTC 2005
I'd like to try this. Do you know to set the speed of a network card in
FC? The card that is in my computer is a 3Com Corporation
3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
Sam Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 16:24 -0700, Keith Fetterman wrote:
>
>>Folks,
>>
>>I am encountering a random problem where network (100BaseT ethernet)
>>connections stall when downloading files. I first noticed a problem
>>when updating my system using up2date. I discovered the update process
>>would hang.
>>
>>I am now seeing the network stalling when I am downloading a large file,
>>roughly 41MB, using scp. The point at which it stalls is random and it
>>doesn't always stall (but it usually does.) When it stalls, it usually
>>stalls after 20-30MB have been transferred.
>>
>>I have Fedora Core 3 installed. I had originally installed Fedora Core
>>2 and upgraded to 3.
>>
>>I have already tried the following:
>>
>>- different network cable
>>- different port on the switch
>>- different network card, including a different type of card
>>
>>I even changed out the mouse from a ps/2 to a USB.
>>
>>Any ideas on what could be causing this and how to correct would be
>>really appreciated. Or ideas on where to look for troubleshooting ideas.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Keith
>
>
> Keith,
>
> I've had similar problem when inexpensive switch and/or old network card
> had trouble with automatic negotiation. Got around it by selecting
> specific speed, usually only possible on network card. Usually went for
> 10baseT, Full Duplex--not the fastest but reliable.
>
> Sam
>
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