On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 06:50:46PM -0700, Nigel Smith wrote: > Hi Matt > What chipset is your PCI network card? > (obviously, it not Intel, but what is it?) > Do you know which driver the card is using?
I believe it's some sort of Realtek (8139 probably). It's coming up as rtls0 > You say '..The system was fine for a couple of weeks..'. > At that point did you change any software - do any updates or upgrades? > For instance, did you upgrade to a new build of OpenSolaris? No, since the original problem with the onboard NICs it hasn't been upgraded or anything. > If not, then I would guess it's some sort of hardware problem. > Can you try different cables and a different switch - anything > in the path between client & server is suspect. Have tried different cables and switch ports, I will try a different switch as soon as I can get some space on one of the others. > A mismatch of Ethernet duplex settings can cause problems - are > you sure this is Ok. Not 100% sure, but I will check as best I can. > To get an idea of how the network is running try this: > > On the Solaris box, do an Ethernet capture with 'snoop' to a file. > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2240/snoop-1m?a=view > > # snoop -d {device} -o {filename} > > .. then while capturing, try to play your video file through the network. > Control-C to stop the capture. > > You can then use Ethereal or WireShark to analyze the capture file. > On the 'Analyze' menu, select 'Expert Info'. > This will look through all the packets and will report > any warning or errors it sees. It's coming up with a huge number of "TCP Bad Checksum" errors, a few "Previous Segment Lost" and a few "Fast retransmission". Thanks Matt
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