> Something is closing the session between the client and > server. The last time this was happening it was a firewall. > This could also be caused by an error in the TCP protocol > stack. > > > ... but I got suspicious and changed out the NIC on the client machine. > > Are you saying that fixed it? A bad NIC should be producing > tons of messages from the TCP stack.
Yup, that fixed it. As far as I can tell, the NIC didn't have any problems unless you tried to saturate the hell out of it for a long period of time, at which point it would progressively reset the connections more and more often. It was a 3C905-TXM, and I replaced with a different 3C905-TXM (although one with a different chipset, oddly enough - Lucent, where the first was Broadcom, although they both detect as xl0), and since then no errors whatsoever. Again, thanks for the help though. -J -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
