On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 05:03, Calyth wrote: > I've been using 3c509b cards before, but it seems that this one, at a > uptime of 8 days, as a samba server, it have encountered 182 errors and > 185 overruns upon receiving 838.6 "MiB" (excuse my ignorance, but I > can't recall what MiB means. It has to be something bytes, but what?) > Anyways, I was reading the Ethernet HOWTO, and it suggested me to change > the window size using the route command. According to that HOWTO, > linux's default TCP Rx window is set to 32KB, and I've reset it to half > the size. I'm waiting to see if anything improves. > Has anyone ran into the same problem, and if so did anything you do that > effectively solves it? I'd be glad to hear. > Also, is there a way to use two network cards in this (pretty much > crippled) server so that it would have better "speed", for a lack of a > better term. Again, I'm using it as a Samba server, and neither the HD > nor the network card seems to be fully utilized - the activity lights > are busts - so I don't quite believe that it being a 486 with 32MB of > RAM is truly the problem. I'm aware of ways that software could make > other computers think that two NIC as one, is there anything like that > that I could use in this case? > Thanks in advance. > > Calyth actually, i had the same exact problem! mine was an isa 3com, i think the 3c509c... not sure. anyway, i was takining massive errors - the same as you. i tested some downloads - got about 7 to 9 k from kernel.org. changed the cable, no help. then the local shop sold me a used smc isa card for $5 - no more problems! those same downloads then came at about 170 k (cable) during busy hours! sounds like a card problem. good luck, jason -- Jason M. Harvey me@jharv.com http://www.jharv.com
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