error NETDEV WATCHDOG

Hi,

I have a local network : 2 computers with windows, and 1 with linux
which is the gateway; I have a realtek network card.
When I connect to the internet, after 2-3 hours, I have this error in my
/var/log/messages

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

and it is only when I use emule on one of my computer with windows.

I tried to put noacpi in my lilo.conf, but I still have this error.

Anyone has an idea ?

Thanks

lasterix <pm@dersy.com> wrote > Hi,
> I have a local network : 2 computers with windows, and 1 with linux
> which is the gateway; I have a realtek network card.
> When I connect to the internet, after 2-3 hours, I have this error in my
> /var/log/messages
>
> NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out
>
> and it is only when I use emule on one of my computer with windows.
>
> I tried to put noacpi in my lilo.conf, but I still have this error.

I am getting this whenever the network interface is disconnected
and re-connected when the box is up.

I suspect from
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/lin...03.3/0018.html
that the issue is that if a higher layer tries to transmit a
packet before the physical interface is up the network stack
stops working for EVER.

The message above suggests a code fix to stop the problem.


I suspect that the problem can be made to occur less often if
the interface spends less time coming up - that is if
speed and duplex are hard configured.

See also a thread on this group
"Set speed/duplex on sis900 ethernet interface"

If you get to the bottom of this please post to the group.

Thanks.