Running this: $ tar cf - zaitcev | ssh elanor "cd q.js006 && tar xf -" Eventually fails due to the receiving end stopping receiving (transmit seems to work though). Kernel: Linux version 2.4.6-3.1smp (bhcompile.redhat.com) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-94)) #1 SMP Tue Jul 24 14:03:24 EDT 2001 3C509A (I think.... an early one), running over AUI. 10base-T hub, works ok otherwise. Reloading the module cures the problem for about 20 minutes.
Changed the tranciever type to AUI in EEPROM with the Becker's utility and cannot reproduce the problem anymore (I used "xcvr=1" before). Looking at the code, this change and the problem cannot be connected, but still...