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ADSL problems with 10/100 NICs



I'm having a strange problem with my ADSL connection. I'm not sure the
problem is Linux related (probably isn't), but hopefully the solution is
Linux related :-)

I recently replaced my home network's hub with a dual-speed switch (3Com's
officeconnect) that supports both 10 and 100 connections.
My home network has a mix of 10 and 100 NICs, where the Linux machine that
serves as my ADSL gateway has a 10mb NIC, but 2 Windows machines on the
network have 100mb NICs.
Since the upgrade, those two machines suffer from strange problems while
surfing the web and downloading e-mails, where the connection is sometimes
terminated abruptly.
My guess is that those machines are sending packets in 100mbps whereas the
Linux machine uses a 10mbps card and loses packets, which results in a
broken connection.
Installing a 10mbps card on one of these stations solved the problem, but
obviously that isn't the solution I'm looking for.
Is there any way I can configure either the Linux gateway or the Windows
machines to solve this problem (MTU settings perhaps?!).

TIA.

- Aviram




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