From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Description of problem: When using RP-PPPoE 3.2-3, upon typing "adsl-start", all network functions (ftp and samba in my test case), slow down drastically. RP-PPPoE 2.6-5 (that comes with RedHat 7.1) does not exhibit this problem, and downgrading to this version fixes the problem. The only way i can manage to recover from the 3.2-3 slowdown is to reboot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.2-3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start playing a movie (served up by Samba) on a different computer via the network. 2. Type "adsl-start". Actual Results: Movie plays fine until a few seconds after adsl-start is typed. The movie then stutters constantly and won't play properly until i reboot. Expected Results: Movie should not stutter. Additional info: As i said, RP-PPPoE 2.6-5 that comes with RedHat 7.1, installed onto RedHat 7.2, does not exhibit the problem. RP-PPPoE 3.2-3 that comes with RedHat 7.2, does exhibit the problem.
Two points that i want to make clear: 1. By rebooting, i mean that i have to reboot the RedHat box serving the movie to solve the problem. Only after a clean reboot without running adsl-start does the movie play back smoothly. 2. Not even adsl-stop will fix the network slowdown. Rebooting seems like the only way.
strange, i cannot reproduce this problem. it works for me here please check if you run adsl-start in debugging mode? How could it work if you only type adsl-start? Do you have DSL configuration under /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf i recommend you should use ifup/ifdown to start/stop DSL connection instead adsl-start/adsl-stop
adsl-start is not running in debug mode, no. Yes, i have my configuration in /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf. I'm not sure how to use ifup/ifdown. I can't seem to find any information on it. Could you point me to a resource on the web? Why isn't adsl-start/adsl-stop the best way to connect/disconnect? The HOWTO on rp-pppoe's website doesn't mention ifup/ifdown at all, only adsl-start. I don't know what other information i can give you. I just upgraded to rp-pppoe 3.2-3 to try it again, started playing a movie over the network (it's running fine and smooth), typed adsl-start, and within a few seconds my network has now slowed to a crawl again, the movie stuttering. I've downgraded to 2.6-5, run adsl-start adsl-stop, tried ifdown eth0 then ifup eth0, and the problem persists. What else can i try apart from rebooting? By the way, 'top' shows 94- 97% idle CPU time.
we have a new config tool 'redhat-config-network' in 7.2, which allows you to setup your network/dialup/DSL ... This new config tool puts all the configuration fies under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ (for DSL /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0) To start/stop DSL connection just do ifup/ifdown ppp0 could you please give me your /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf?
Created attachment 36449 [details] Configuration file for RP-PPPoE
I tried the redhat-config-network tool, and then did ifup ppp0 with rp-pppoe 3.2 and i still had the same problems. By the way, does it matter that i am using the same ethernet card for both ADSL and my LAN? I have set up eth0 as 192.168.3.1, and ADSL to use eth0, and i am doing the tests on eth0/192.168.3.1.
of course the network slow down drastically if you use the same ethernet card for both ADSL and LAN ! In normal case it won't work! To fix this problem you have to have 2. network adapter for your DSL
But why does RP-PPPoE 2.6 work fine, and 3.2 doesn't? And why, even when i adsl- stop/ifdown, does the network remain slow and bugged? This shouldn't happen and it points clearly towards a bug in 3.2. I should be able to use LAN and ADSL via the same ethernet card. The ethernet card is 100Mbps FD plugged into a 100Mbps FD switch with the ADSL modem on the switch's uplink. Even with ADSL downloading at its maximum speed (512Kbps mine is), i should still get (and do get with RP-PPPoE 2.6) ~9+MB/s via the LAN.
please try ftp://people.redhat.com/than/7.2/rp-pppoe-3.3-2
It works! There is no slowdown on my network after running adsl-start. The movie is still running smoothly and ftp is getting 8.5-9.5MB/s, even while downloading at maximum speed via ADSL. Great! Thanks! I wonder what the problem with 3.2 was?