Steve Gaarder wrote:
> I just installed SL for the first time on an Intel Core Duo box with an 
> MSI G965M-FIR motherboard. This board has a Realtek RTL-8169SC network 
> inteface that uses the r1000 driver.  Pings show a bizarre pattern.  If 
> I ping every 10 seconds, the turnaround time gradually increases with 
> each ping until it hits about 2 seconds, at which point it drops back to 
> a low value and starts climbing again.  If I ping every second, I see 
> the increasing behavior also, with every other ping taking an extra second.
> 
> Any clues?
> 

Hi,
Which version of SL did you install?
Back with SL 4.x we put in our own driver.
In SL 5.x the driver is now part of the normal kernel.

So, we really need to know to even start debugging.

Thanks
Troy
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