*sigh*
I hit 'reply' instead of 'compose' DAMMIT!
Sorry...
Jeff wrote:
> Ok gang, this one absolutely boggles me.
>
> My system:
>
> AMD64 w/1.5G RAM, 200G HD, Audigy2, Realtek NIC, nVidia 6800GS.
>
> So, here's my NIC as it appears in lspci (both with the Live CD, and my
> current install):
>
> 02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
>
> And the driver:
>
> 8139too 28992 0
>
> Now then... as of 2 days ago, I've been noticing that my ethernet has
> been acting really whacky, with random ping times and flaky web surfing.
> Example ping:
>
> jmg ~ # ping yahoo.com -c 10
> PING yahoo.com (66.94.234.13) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47
> time=627 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=2 ttl=48
> time=696 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=3 ttl=47
> time=85.5 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=4 ttl=48
> time=728 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48
> time=96.4 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=6 ttl=47
> time=764 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=7 ttl=47
> time=132 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=8 ttl=48
> time=800 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=9 ttl=48
> time=164 ms
> 64 bytes from w2.rc.vip.scd.yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): icmp_seq=10 ttl=48
> time=833 ms
>
> --- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9027ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 85.529/492.918/833.156/309.889 ms
>
> Look at those times. Strange eh? Even more strange, I get a nice even
> 30-40ms ping when booting with the AMD64 Gentoo CD, so I've ruled out
> that my NIC card could be broken. I've also checked my iptables to make
> sure nothing's being blocked/dropped, and that looks fine.
>
> Here's ifconfig:
>
> jmg ~ # ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:63:AB:45
> inet addr:192.168.100.69 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::213:d4ff:fe63:ab45/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1717 errors:2 dropped:4 overruns:1 frame:0
> TX packets:1389 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:1221100 (1.1 Mb) TX bytes:224935 (219.6 Kb)
> Interrupt:10 Base address:0x2000
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>
> Look at eth0. Errors? Drops? Overruns? Why? What could be wrong with
> this NIC all of the sudden? Again, I have 0 problems when booting the
> same exact setup with the Live CD.
>
> After doing some simple troubleshooting, I'll admit, I'm stumped. Any
> idea why my NIC works great with the Live CD and not with my currently
> running system?
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