skype problem ?

[Peter]

Hi all,

I have a skype problem, that may actually be a networking problem. I am 
asking here in the hope that someone has seen this.

Skype (on Linux 2.4 and 2.6) 'hiccups' once per second on an adsl 
connection. Once every second I can see the LAN light on the router 
freeze, and the sound dies at the same moment, only to start again 
immediately. The effect is unpleasant.

I have tried all the usual things, like QoS in my ip stack and the 
router's, bumping the task priority and many other things (including 
MTU/MRU), to no avail. Other voip applications work fine through this 
setup. At least three Skype versions have the same problem, with 2.4 and 
2.6 kernels, .with both alsa and oss drivers. Because if the LAN light 
freeze I suspect it is a network problem.

Has anyone seen this or something similar ?

tia,
Peter

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