RE: Long downloads, network frozen

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> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Glyn Astill <glynastill%yahoo.co.uk@localhost> 
> wrote:
> > Same here, large file transfers over samba can kill my Qube2.
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> >  --- David Albert <david_albert%comcast.net@localhost> wrote:
> >
> >  > I have also noted lock-ups on a Raq2+ with 256MB RAM
> >  > on large file transfers.
> >  >
> >  > Evgueni Tzvetanov wrote:
> >  > > Hi all,
> >  > >
> >  > > I believe it has been discussed here before, but I
> >  > > just want to mention this again. I have a Qube II and
> >  > > running 4.0 on it. It is with standard kernel and I
> >  > > use it as multi-functional route/server. It is
> >  > > behaving great, but there are some quirks:
> >  > >
> >  > > 1. When downloading a large file (DVD ISO image by
> >  > > torrent for example) at some point in time (say
> >  > > between 60 and 70% of the download the Qube freezes.
> >  > > 2. After about 3-4 months of normal usage of the
> >  > > Internet  I have to reboot, because it is becoming
> >  > > sluggish and responds very slowly in some cases.
> >  > >
> >  > > Anyone experiencing the same with the Qube II?
> >  > >
> >  > > Cheers!
> >  > > ET
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> Yes, this used to happen to my Qube 2 quite frequently under 4.0.  It
> was doing NAT between my network and the cable modem.
>
> It was quite frustrating!  I never figured out the problem, so
> eventually I bought a Linksys router.  The problem stopped
> immediately.
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Yes, this is a longstanding issue. See my post from 2004:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-cobalt/2004/11/05/0001.html

As suggested previously, maybe this is relevant to the Galileo driver  
for the Qube2 specific hardware?

If at all useful, I can dig out my Qube2 for testing ...

Pete