RE: [Sheflug] NFS and fast machines

["Morris, David (Allvac, UK)" <david [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > If you have a spare machine, I'd be trmpted to connect it to
> > > the same LAN, (by a hub not a switch), run tcpdump -n on that 
> > > machine, then run tcpdump on the server, and see whether any 
> > > traffic is genreated that triggers the response.
> > > 
> > 
> > Good idea. I'll let you know what happens...
> 
> Bad form, responding to one's own emails... However...
> 
> Watching what was flying past on the tcpdump window, I 
> spotted something
> that looked strange. After a few attempts, I managed to catch 
> the error:
> 
> "ip reassembly time exceeded"

[snip]

> The server has an embedded NIC on the MB - I'm just off to check what
> chipset *that* is.

Ha... Wouldya believe it... The Gigabyte MB in the server had a Realtek
chipset embedded LAN.

Disable it in the BIOS, install a different NIC, reboot and reconfigure,
and everything springs into life.

Perhaps there really was something in the suggestion I read somewhere
that you stick with Intel NICs?

Thanks to anyone that helped...

-- 
D

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