Re: Anonymous cvs access not working in pgFoundry

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>>> bandwidth related, I'm suspecting that alot of the problem is the Linksys
>>>> switch we threw in when we first setup the servers ... at the time, I
>>>> didn't know that it was a bad idea :(  If you do a trace to the servers,
>>>> you'll see a packet loss between 200.46.204.1 and the server itself that
>>>> just *shouldn't* be there.  Apparently, on an unmanaged switch, if you try
>>>> and hard code the ethernet on the server to 100baseT/full duplex, the
>>>> switch, for some *stupid* reason, will downgrade itself to half duplex, so
>>>> you get a whack of errors ... right now, as a result, we're running
>>>> half-duplex on the server(s), which, of course, results in high collisions
>>>> *sigh*  We're ordering in a new managed Dell Procurve switch next week, to
>>>> get that issue fixed ...
>>>>
>>>> As to the hardware support itself ... see my other email ...
>>>
>>> Marc, I think you need voodoo dolls on your computers or some exorcism
>>> ritual.  Come to think of it, the problems mostly started when moving
>>> the servers to Central America.  Hmmm.   :-)
>>
>> Oh, what a man of short-lived memory ... do you not recall the fun while
>> we were at Rackspace? :(
>>
>
> Oh, yea.  So your hardware bad luck isn't based on location.  :-)

Exactly :)  At least where we are now, its easier for me to fix those
problems, just wish I could do it faster, that's all :)

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