Re: putty go slow
mick crane wrote:
> On 2019-04-09 07:46, Peter Wiersig wrote:
> > mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > the PCs are physically adjacent connected with the RJ45 ( isn't it )
> > > cables through what is supposed to be a switch I got in B&Q several
> > > years ago.
> >
> i
> how do I tell if it's a switch or a hub ?
> I thought a switch sends data over the required port but a hub sends over
> all the ports ?
That is correct.
> It's got "8 port switch" printed on it but if there is network activity all
> the lights seem to flash.
>
> /sbin/ifconfig
> enp0s25: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 10.0.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255
> inet6 fe80::219:d1ff:fe41:c769 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
> ether 00:19:d1:41:c7:69 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
> RX packets 47732498 bytes 13998322190 (13.0 GiB)
> RX errors 0 dropped 5642 overruns 0 frame 0
> TX packets 73403188 bytes 102853469866 (95.7 GiB)
> TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
> device interrupt 21 memory 0xdffe0000-e0000000
You see the RX dropped 5642? That's bad.
There's a chance that it's a bad ethernet cable; otherwise the
hub/switch is faulty. Given that it's labelled "switch" but all
the ports flash on every packet, it might well be that.
Unmanaged gigabit switches are cheap; I recommend that you
replace it if swapping cables doesn't solve the issue.
-dsr-
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