On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 16:20, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I'll look into the duplex problem, but where do I start? I did a bit > of googling but I apparently don't know which keywords to google. How > can I check linux's duplex setting, and how can I check the routers? > Here, this may help: > $ ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C1:26:02:91:50 > inet addr:192.168.123.131 Bcast:192.168.123.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::2c1:26ff:fe02:9150/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:90596 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:82693 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:88603039 (84.4 MiB) TX bytes:12217393 (11.6 MiB) > Interrupt:11 Base address:0xf00 The '0 errors' part looks good. If you see an equivalent on the router side you are probably OK locally. > > Try to find something that shows traffic and errors on the router > > side. And if the errors are on the next hop out past the router, > > report that to your isp. > > Wouldn't mtr do that? But I need to correct or eliminate the router first. I don't think I believe what mtr says. Try running it with an address just one or two hops out. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx