Odd network behaviour

[Paul Gammans]

hi,

After experienceing odd network hangs, I checked my klog file to find
these messages, at about this time i was getting about a 20% packet loss
and ping time of 400 to 2000+ ms to my local router. The sgi next to me
was reciving a ping of 2ms to the same router with 0% packet loss at the
same time, normaly the ping time is only 1 to 2ms max.

<snip>
Oct  6 13:32:29 machine kernel: eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame, status
70ea580d!
Oct  6 13:32:29 machine kernel: eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame, status
660aeb08!
Oct  6 13:32:29 machine kernel: eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame, status
875ff0c!

<snip (time of problem)>
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine 1 kernel: eth0: Transmit timeout, status 0d 0000
media 08.
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine kernel: eth0: Tx queue start entry 118337  dirty
entry 118333.
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 0 is 40082062.
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 1 is 00082062.
(queue head)
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 2 is 000820b6.
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine kernel: eth0:  Tx descriptor 3 is 10082062.
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine kernel: eth0: MII #32 registers are: 1000 782d
0000 0000 05e1 0000 0000 0000.
Oct  6 14:06:14 machine kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.


The network driver report it's self as  a
rtl8139.c:v1.07 5/6/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xe400, IRQ 19,
00:20:18:8b:14:e4.

I'm just moveing up to the laters version form the website, but thought
I should report this as there was no change log between 1.07 and 1.08a.

The network I'm on is not the best, it has a high load and is very near
the max length specs.

Please could you CC any post to me too as i'm not sucribed to this
group. Thanks

regards paul
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