In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, F.L. Tak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm having very strage network problems with Woody. A seemingly random >amount of time after the machine has booted (I've seen it happen after a >few days, but also after a few hours), all network traffic slows to >almost a halt. If I then reboot, everything is back to normal, so I >guess it't not a problem in the network. Also another machine, which is >on the same local switch, has no such problems. >The only thing I did to the standard Woody installation is build a >2.4.21 kernel with make-kpkg configured with the 2.4.18-bf2.4 config >(since I have a HPT272 IDE controller). Other than that, I have no idea >what might cause this. Even if it is the kernel, I have no idea why. >Also I don't even know where to look. >Can anybody give me some pointers as to what might be the problem or >where I should start looking? Also, are there any tools I might use to >help diagnose the problem?
I've heard of this before where people had installed some (firewall?) package that automatically/dynamically added iptables rules. If you end up with thousands of rules, the network becomes dead slow. Mike. -- Netu, v qba'g yvxr gur cynvagrkg :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
