FC3 box brings lan to its knees

[Jerone Young]

The Via gigabit problem has been fixed in the 2.6.9 kernels . It would
flood traffic accross the network. So bad for me it would take down my
router. You need to update your FC3. I know because I helped push the
fix into the kernel, they where just sitting on it for a while. Update
your FC3 and you will be fine.

And to anyone else reporting issue. PLEASE update your FC3 before
reporting problems.


On Fri,  5 Nov 2004 14:29:28 +0000, Marc McAllister
<fedora-test-list at riddlermarc.net> wrote:
> Quoting "Mark W. Jeanmougin" <markj at jeanmougin.org>:
> 
> > Marc,
> >
> > This isn't really a suggestion, more of just another troubleshooting tip:
> > If you can, replace the switch with a hub and run ethereal on your FC2 box
> > to try to get an ida of what the new FC3 box does as it boots.  It almost
> > sounds like the FC3 box is flooding the network with traffic, maybe.  Do
> > you have a spare Ethernet card to try in the FC3 box?  Maybe it's gone
> > flaky.  The timing of an Ethernet card dying at the same time as an OS
> > upgrade is pretty bizarre though.
> >
> > Good luck, keep us posted!
> >
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, however I know the nic (it is an onboard VIA gigabit
> nic running on my 100mbps lan) works okay because it was running fine under Win
> 2003 Server until yesterday evening and it also works fine when using a Knoppix
> cd.
> I don't have a spare hub I'm afraid, I'm pretty much stuck with the
> configuration that I have. I presume if I run ethereal from my FC2 box it will
> not pick up anything "interesting" that is being broadcast from the FC3 box?
> 
> What things should I check on the FC3 box, are there any log files that will
> show what happens during boot etc?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Marc
> 
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