Re: funky network slowdown

["N. Thomas" <nthomas@cise.ufl.edu>]

* Edward Guldemond <thedebategod@yifan.net> [2002-11-09 14:57:26 -0500]:
> On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 09:45:36AM -0500, N. Thomas wrote:
> >     Debian   <-> RedHat  = 200Kbs ???
> >     Debian   <-> Windows = 200Kbs ???
> 
> Maybe it's not the Debian box that is misconfigured, maybe it's the
> RedHat or Windows boxen?  Are there any weird messages in the Linux
> syslogs, or the Windows log viewer?  What NICs are you using on the
> machines?

Actually, apart from a CD burner on the Redhat box, it and the Debian
machines are identical. The NICS are built into the motherboard, the company
is called SiS.

The RedHat/Windows logs revealed nothing, but I found this nugget in 
/var/log/syslog of the Debian box:

    Nov  9 12:54:39 seneca kernel: sis900.c: v1.06.09  09/28/2001
    Nov  9 12:54:39 seneca kernel: eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xcc00, IRQ 5, 00:0a:e6:12:e3:cd.
    Nov  9 12:54:39 seneca kernel: eth0: Unknown PHY transceiver found at address 1.
    Nov  9 12:54:39 seneca kernel: eth0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default

What does it mean? I saw it upon bootup as well.

> One thing I would suggest is to try a different hub.  I doubt it's the hub
> though...

I'm using a switch, and swapping ports doesn't seem to change anything.
Still, I might end up having to return it to the store if the problem
persists. =-(

thomas

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