dropped packets

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

Scenario:

Exoume dyo Linux boxes syndemena mesw enos hub ths 3Com (OfficeConnect Dual 
Speed Hub 8), kai ta dyo me kartes SMC, basismenes sto chipaki Realtek 8139. 
As onomasoume ta dyo boxes A kai B antistoixa. Xwris na yparxei allo network 
traffic, kanw ping apo to A sto B. Meta apo peripou 100 paketa, exoume 0% 
packet loss. Anamenomeno.

Omws, an kanw ping apo to B sto A, exw peripou 70% packet loss meta ta prwta 
10 paketa. Kai ta dyo mhxanakia trexoun SuSE 7.2. Skeftomoun oti einai 
elattwmatikh h mia karta, alla ayto to apekleisa otan bootara to A me Win2k 
kai ksanaekana ping apo to B (se linux) sto A (me w2k) kai eixa ksafnika 0% 
packet loss!

Oi idees sas more than welcome

-A