On Saturday 27 December 2008, Grant wrote: > >> I have 3 Gentoo systems on a wireless network, one of which is the > >> firewall/router. Sometimes any traffic to one of the systems > >> effectively freezes traffic on the whole network. Does anyone know > >> what might cause that? It's tough to investigate because it doesn't > >> happen all the time. > > > > Not sure if it is remotely related to your problem, but I've noticed > > something similar happening when I was using a Netgear DG834 router and > > happened to start up a box with a gigabit ethernet card (everything else > > was 10T-100). While the gigabit card was negotiating speeds with the > > router everything else was unable to use the network. That could last > > for up to a minute or so. When I changed router the problem went away. > > Just so I'm sure I understand, this couldn't be related with the > problematic system connected wirelessly and the router being a Gentoo > system right?
No, this is related to a gigabit ethernet card (re)negotiating connection speeds with a problematic *router*. The box with the gigabit card in my case would bring the network down whether I booted the said box in MSWindows or Gentoo. It's not a client OS issue. YMMV. Try a different router if you have that luxury. -- Regards, Mick
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