[K12OSN] Tuning LTSP Performance

[Calvin Dodge]

2008/8/29 Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Calvin Dodge <caldodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> To follow on with this, we noticed that our server that was running
> wonderfully last year on the  64-bit kernel was having lots of problems on
> the 32-bit server kernel. It turns out that the 32-bit server kernel and the
> driver for the onboard NIC don't play so well together and we'd keep getting
> dropped connection errors. I spent $25 on a new NIC and the speed went back
> up.

I was thinking of mentioning getting a new NIC - I guess I really
should have (wanted to see what he had, first).

If you decide to try this, Stephen, I strongly suggest getting an Intel NIC.

Calvin