[CentOS] Re: CentOS5 Network Problems

Thu Sep 20 23:57:06 UTC 2007
semi linux <linuxsemi at gmail.com>

On 9/20/07, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote:
> semi linux spake the following on 9/20/2007 4:31 PM:
> > I have a very odd problem connecting to some websites from my CentOS 5 box
> >
> > Target websites:
> > www.connecttech.com
> > www.3ware.com
> > (two of my HW vendors)
> >
> > I can usually get some kind of response, but if the content (download
> > or page itself) is larger in size (downloads never pass 100K), then it
> > hangs...
> >
> > When I fire-up wireshark, I get a lot of ougoing highlighted Checksum
> > Errored packets but I don't know what's causing it...  Here's what
> > I've eliminated thus far:
> >
> > - Websites are up and responsive
> > - Cable(s) is fine
> > - Network drop is fine
> > - I put myself behind a firewall to make sure it wasn't my network
> > - Network card has been switched
> > - Driver has been switched
> > - Removed any firewall
> > - wget has problems as well
> > - Other computers on the same network work fine.
> >
> > Sites like maps.google.com work just fine...  I'm open to any
> > suggestion at this point.
> >
> > I'm completely lost.
> >
> > - G.
> Have you eliminated interference from electrical sources? Tried another
> computer on that cable?

Yep... my WinXP laptop is sitting right next to the machine and I can
switch the cable over to it w/o problem.