[vortex] [OT] (slightly) network problems

[Rudy Zijlstra]

Michel Berkelaar wrote:

> I would:
>
> - increase the NFS send and receive block size to 8192 (in my Linux
> distro  you would add these options in /etc/fstab)
>
> - make sure your MP3 player has a sufficiently large buffer size. Many
> players can be configured by a command line option or otherwise.
>
> Michel

Done both with no result. Among the network problems are TTL expired.

any suggestions?

Rudy

>
>
> Rudy Zijlstra wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been experiencing some network problems for the past weeks.
> >
> > I've got a server running linux with a 3c900 fast ethernet card
> > connected to a 10/100 switch, which feeds a autosense hub on which I
> > have several computers. Thoses computers use a RTL8139 based
> > ethernetcard.
> >
> > On the server are (amongst other things) MP3 files. Whenever playing an
> > MP3 file under Linux I would get hiccups and distortions in the music.
> > Using a network sniffer (ethereal) I was able to trace this to network
> > problems. A machine on the same hub running NT would have no problems.
> >
> > The server runs 2.2.13 with Donalds latest driver.
> > 1 machine is a Alpha XL (288MHz) running Suse 6.1, with latest driver
> > for 8139, the other a PII at 350MHz.
> > last night I booted the PII into linux, and tried the same: with the
> > same disturbing sound effect.
> > Using SMBFS I get no sound distortion.
> >
> > SMBFS has some disadvantages:
> > 1. no silent mount
> > 2. no automatic umount
> > 3. no user authorisation left
> >
> > So my questions becomes:
> >
> > 1. Is this inherent in nfs?
> > 2. Do I still have a network config or hardware problem, that can only
> > be reproduced using nfs?
> > 3. Is there a better solution than using smbfs.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rudy Zijlstra
> >
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