I have a bizarre problem where the following will lock up
 	(or hang for a _very_ long time) an ssh session:

 		dmesg | dd bs=1

 	but only when run on an Asus A8V-Deluxe, connected from
 	one of two slow PII/PIII boxes. Connecting from faster
 	P4/Celeron boxes do not show the issue. All machines are
 	running 2.0_STABLE from early april.

 	Layout:

 	     |
 	[internal-gateway]	512M 550Mhz PIII	tlp0/vr0
 	     |
 	     |--[Asus A8V]	2GB 2.2Ghz AMD64	*sk0/tlp0
 	     |
      (DMZ)   |--[ShuttleO]	512M 2.4Ghz Celeron 	*rtk0
 	     |
 	     |--[ShuttleH]	1GB 2.4Ghz Celeron 	*rtk0
 	     |
 	[external-gateway]	256M 233Mhz PII		tlp0/vr0/ex0
 	     |

 				(builtin NICs marked with *)

 	Ssh from either shuttle to the Asus, or from either gateway
 	to either shuttle, and 'dmesg | dd bs=1' works fine.

 	Ssh from either gateway to the Asus.. it hangs, usually
 	before the third line. have tried both interfaces on the
 	internal gateway, and all three on external, and both
 	interfaces in the Asus, though not every combination.
 	Putting a tlp in the Asus was the last thing I tried and I
 	was really expecting it to fix it, but no.

 	Have tried three different switches and a 100baseT hub,
 	plus swapping out cables. Hanging a 10baseT hub off the
 	switch and connecting the Asus to that seems to make the
 	symptom go away.

 	This one has me stumped.

-- 
 			   David Brownlee -- abs@absd.org