[coLinux-users] TAP performance issues?

[Conan F. <con...@sh...>]

I've noticed that when the TAP-32 driver that colinux comes with is 
installed, after a couple days of uptime I start to experience terribly 
degraded network performance.  On www.broadbandreports.com/stest , I get 
around 220 kbps down/128 kbps up.  When I uninstall the TAP driver, I 
get around 2000 kbps down/ 512 kbps up.  I'm on a cable modem with a 
theoretical maximum of 10 Mbps down/768 kbps up.  Anyone else 
experienced this issue?  Unfortunately it makes it impossible for me to 
use the networking capabilities of colinux.

I'm on Windows XP, Professional.  I had the problem with SP1, SP1 with 
the Windows XP Advanced Networking pack installed, and with SP2.  Have 
not tested it in any other configurations.  Network card is described as 
a Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC.  I experience the 
problem regardless of if Colinux is running or not, and regardless of if 
the network is setup using native bridging, or with Internet Connection 
Sharing.