[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#583919: virtualbox-ose: Network packet loss between host and guest

[Roland Mas]

Roland Mas, 2010-05-31 18:48:11 +0200 :

> Package: virtualbox-ose
> Version: 3.2.0-dfsg-1
> Severity: normal
>
> My VirtualBox instances have recently started losing incoming packets
> from the host after about 2 MB transmitted.  I'm using dput to upload
> packages from the Sid host to a Lenny guest, so several files are
> uploaded in succession through SCP.  Small files get transmitted almost
> instantaneously, as expected, but larger ones seem to get the first 2 MB
> transmitted in an initial burst, then the rest goes very slowly (typical
> transfer speeds around 30 kB/s).  

This still happens with 3.2.10-dfsg-1, but only on IPv6.  IPv4 doesn't
seem to lose packets.  I don't remember trying v4 on this problem
previously, so the difference in treatment are not necessarily recent.

Roland.
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Roland Mas

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