Nope, never heard of it, and I'm reasonably sure it isn't installed (or running ;-) ).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenden Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: RE: Ethernet slowdown? Odd symptoms! > 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 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
