> Hello. > I hope you understand my poor english... :-) > > Well, I use a SparStation 5 and I have problems with the network. I > changed Solaris to Linux Sparc Version aprox 4 months ago... > > The problem is simple... big files don't transfer... I can connect from > another network host, example: ftp, telnet, http, but when I intend to > transfer a file, it doesn't work... before Linux it works fine with the > Solaris version! However, I can make telnets, or send mail (with > problems), but never got a file or web document. > > I suppose there's some problem between my Lance Ethernet and the 10Mbps > HUB (10baseT - LattisHUB 2813 from SynOptics) > Oh! I forgot...! > When I jump over the HUB (a crossed 10baseT cable), it works very, very, > well...! But another machines (x86) with Linux works connected to the HUB, > only the Sun breaks... > A year or so ago I had a colleague who also found similar behaviour - the Axil (a Sun clone) had problems where a ping (small packet size) went through but larger packets (which are used by ftp, http etc.) did not. The problem went away when the hub was swapped for another one. It was assumed at the time that the original hub was faulty and nothing more was done. It was just a 10Mbit/sec hub, not even switched. Regards, RH. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of the message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
