Re: Weird slow network problem...
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 05:29:27PM +1000, Dan Everton wrote:
> This has to be one of the weirdest networking problems I've come across.
>
> A friend running Debian can transfer files on the local network at normal
> 10mbit speeds. However as soon as he tries to transfer stuff from outside the
> local net, transfer speeds drop to 30kB/s bursts as opposed to the
> 300-600kB/s continuous stream locally.
>
> The weirdest part about this is that he has identical network card
> (RTL-8029, using the ne2k-pci driver), identical kernel (2.2.11), identical
> Debian install (potato as of yesterday) and identical config (except for the
> IP address of course :). I have no problems transferring files at full
> speed both locally and externally, he does.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Dan
Really shouldn't reply to myself but, there's one more important bit of
information. When running Windows (98 original), my friend's networking
problem disappears so it's definitely something that Linux is doing. It's
just a question of what.
Dan
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