On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 02:05:02PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:49:30 +0700 > "Surachai Locharoen" <kan2005@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello I am running the following set up: > > > > A dell poweredge 1950: running Debian Etch > > > > - 1x Dual Core 64-bit Intel(r) Xeon(r) 5050, 2x2MB Cache, 3.00GHz, > > 667MHz FSB > > - 2GB 533MHz (4x512MB), Single Ranked DIMMs > > - 2x 146GB,SAS, 3.5-inch, 10K RPM Hard Drive > > - Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1, PERC 5/i > > - Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord > > > > > > Everything is fine on my server except for that fact that everytime I > > try to connect the connection times out at first. It can take as much > > as 1 minute for the connection to work. > > > > Then after a while my putty sessions, ssh session, apache sessions > > time out. > > > > I've used tcpdump to look for network card errors and there seems to > > be none. I've look through the logs no refused connections for apache. > > > > I have the Broadcom NetExtreme Dual Gigabyte Ethernet and I'm > > starting to think maybe there is some weird problem with the bnx2 > > driver in the kernel I'm running. > > > > Linux cando 2.6.15-26-amd64-generic #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 02:52:35 > > UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > Another possibility I thought of is that some kind of power managment > > or wake on Lan function is causing problems. > > > > However I booted up with ACPI=off so I thought that would disable > > power managment. > > > > Where do I begin with this , it seems to be quite elusive and I can't > > get a straight answer anywhere. use ethtool to have a look at the device. As suggested use a new kernel, watch out for 23 (I think) + 24 the boradcom drivers were removed as they changed and there was an issue with the firemware. Have a look on the switch at the switch port, see if there any errors there. When you are getting these errors do a tcpdump on the client and the server, eliminated any routers in the middle. > > > > My ip is static but I know it's on a DHCP network so I was also > > wondering if I'm having DHCP conflicts. I have to check with the > > network admin tomorrow about that. > > > > > > Summary: > > First connect = wait 20s-1min with timeouts > > > > SSH, Apache, Putty session reset or timeout, then 20s-1min later all > > seems fine. > > > > The interval is about every 10-30minutes. > > Static IP behind nat 10.0.0.0 network > > > > Thanks in Advance for your help. Any clue would help. > > If I can't figure this out soon my impulse is to replace the Broadcom > > Dual Ethernet with an Intel Pro Dual or single Gigabyte Ethernet card. > > I'd really like to avoid this if possible so see if you can give me a > > lead. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Hi there, > > You could try a newer kernel from backports.org. The latest one they > have is 2.6.25. It might help. If you have grub set up on this system > you can easily switch back to the old kernel at the startup menu if > 2.6.25 doesn't work for you. > > Good luck, > Amit > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "The Legislature makes the laws, and the Executive interprets the laws." - George W. Bush
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