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Re: network hang



On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Sourav Sen wrote:

> 	But the problem is, I cannot run the experiment for large files
> for long (typically over 30-60 sec) as the client machine network
> subsystem seems to hang. I don't know why. I have to kill the client
..
> 	The client machine is fitted with NIC with a rtl8139 and the
> server, DEC21140 chips. I think that rtl may be the culprit. I had fitted

What driver version?
Are there any kernel messages logged?

Have you tried an updated version?
   http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html

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