Re: routing problem

[Jeff <jcoppock1@attbi.com>]

Klaus Neumann, 2002-Jan-17 18:10 -0800:
> On Thursday 17 January 2002 03:44 am, Jeff wrote:
> > Klaus Neumann, 2002-Jan-16 22:07 -0800:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just replaced my SuSE with Debian potato on my second computer (B).
> > > Using computer A, still SuSE installed as router. I can ping from A to B
> > > without problem. If I ping from B to A, I loose 30% to 55% packets. What
> > > am I doing wrong?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Klaus
> >
> > Does the SuSE system have any traffic controls, filters or other
> > throttling processes that might be dropping the packets?  I'm
> > thinking a typical ICMP filter that will only allow so many pings
> > through.
> 
> Not that I know of. When I had SuSE on both computers, it worked perfectly.
> Can't connect "B" to the internet either. :-(
> 
> Maybe I should have mentioned that I'm using kernel 2.4.17 in Potato?
> 
> K.

Oooooooo!  Now that's an issue.  Potato is does not support the
2.4.x kernels.  You need to either upgrade the necessary packages
in potato using the "bunk" updates:

http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html

Or upgrade to woody.

Good luck...jc

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