My experience of RealTeks has been that there are very cheap and very
unreliable. I've never had any problems quite as extreme as this.
Try putting a crossover cable directly between the two systems, and see how
that goes.
- Doug
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Howard Lowndes
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 3:04 AM
> To: Mail List - SLUG
> Subject: [SLUG] Could Realtek 8139 cards be the problem?
>
>
> I have 2 machines connected on a 10mpbs network (it still has some 10base2
> cabling around, but these boxes are using 10baseT to a 10mbps hub).
>
> Both boxes have RH7.0 installs with bog standard openssh and both boxen
> have Realtek 8139 NICs.
>
> I can ssh between the boxes in both directions OK, but if I scp between
> the 2 boxes then the transfer stalls around 30-40Kb.
>
> If I introduce a laptop onto the network, also with a 10mbps dongle and
> plugged into the same hub, then I can scp between the laptop and either
> box with no problems.
>
> The question is in the subject line.
>
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