Do you by any chance have portsentry installed? Just curious, it would be possible to clog up your ipchains tables.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Murray Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 05:07 PM > To: RedHat List > Subject: Ethernet slowdown? Odd symptoms! > > > I've been running RHL6.0 on a 486DX100, 32MB machine for over > a year. It's > my firewall, connecting my internal network to my ADSL > provider. Over the > past couple of months, I've been getting traffic slowdowns. > > Normally, when I ping the provider's POP server by IP address, it says > response time is 36ms. No problem; e-mail and surfing are snappy. > > During a slowdown, ping response time is 1036ms, 2036ms, and > even 5035 and > 6035ms. Interesting that the last two digits are always > consistent. As well, > it doesn't take 6 seconds for each response. A few packets > disappear, but > then they appear at a consistent speed on the console. > > To fix this, I use /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown and > .../ifup to > restart the Ethernet device. Then, I flush and re-apply my > 'ipchains' rules. > > As noted, the machine is a low-power box. There are two > network interfaces, > a 3C509 (for the ADSL side)and a NE2000 clone (for the LAN > interface). The > ADSL interface uses the 'pump' client to get an IP address from the > provider's DHCP server. The LAN interface uses a static IP > address. I've > added the 'ip_masq_ftp' module. Other than that, no updates have been > applied. > > Any ideas? I'd re-install from scratch if I knew it would > help. I'd install > the Enigma (7.2) distribution if I knew that it would run on > a 486. Can > anyone confirm or deny that? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
