Re: Strange TCP/IP problem?

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben Greear wrote:
> 
> I've been running 8-hour+ traffic runs on RTL-8139 10/100 ethernet cards 
> connected
> by a 10/100 etherswitch and linux-kernel 2.2.14 <-> 2.2.16.  I'm using three 
> cards in each
> machine, one for mgt, and two others for data generation/testing.
> I use the ip command to set up source-based routing policies to
> direct the ethernet traffic out over the correct port.

Does "ifconfig ethX down ; ifconfig ethX up" fix the problem?

If so, it's probably a bug in the rtl8139 driver...  Working on solving
it, but it's not solved yet in any of the available drivers.

        Jeff



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