Lousy Network Performance

[Tim Wunder]

On Monday 27 June 2005 10:56 pm, someone claiming to be Kurt Wall wrote:
> Hi, list,
>
> How do I go about solving a significant latency problem on my
> internal network. I have two computers connected via a crossover
> cable, eth1 on the "server" (luther) to eth0 on the "desktop"
> (easter). Both cards are 10/100. Ping time is atrocious:
>
> From luther to easter:
<snip>
>
> --- easter ping statistics ---
> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9071ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.694/480.691/979.699/455.463 ms
>
> From easter to luther:
<snip>
>
> --- luther ping statistics ---
> 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9002ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.418/597.109/1194.010/522.194 ms, pipe 3
>
> I can't see any reason why the latency should be so extreme.
>

I'd guess either one (or both) cards are (going) bad, or the crossover cable 
is bad. 

HTH, 
Tim

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