Re: Linux hangs when net too used

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>]

	Subject: Linux hangs when net too used
	Date: Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 02:32:47PM +0200

In reply to:Conrado Badenas

Quoting Conrado Badenas(Conrado.Badenas@uv.es):
> Hi all!
> 
> I've been having problems with Linux the last months, but now I have
> isolated the problem: Linux hangs.
> 
> 1) I thought it was the kernel but it hangs with 2.0.34, 2.0.35 and
> 2.2.1
> 2) Then I thought it was the memory but memtest (package sysutils) says
> it is OK.
> 3) Then I thought I was being attacked with a DNS, but I read about them
> and kernel 2.2.1 should stop teardrop, winnuke, etc.
> 4) Then somebody told me that maybe only X hanged and I could access my
> machine from outside: I checked that I couldn't telnet/ftp/http my
> machine from outside
> 5) Now, one of my users connected from outside via ftp and began
> uploading a file of more than 3 Mb. He tried it three times, and my
> machine hanged three times (one hang, one boot, one hang, one boot, one
> hang, one boot, I denied access to this user, no hangs)
> 
> WHAT IS HAPPENING? I love Linux but my friends laugh at me when I tell
> them that Linux hangs.

There were a few problems with the 2.2.1 kernel.  They are now up to
2.2.6.  I would suggest that you upgrade, at least to 2.2.3, and try
again.

HTH

-- 
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doesn't sell it, they don't eat it.  Vending machines don't sell
quiche.
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Wayne T. Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>