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> A "sync;init6" fixes the problem immediately.  With hardly any traffic

I wonder if "ifconfig ethN down;ifconfig ethN up" would fix the problem
equally well? Maybe with an "modprobe -r <NIC module>" in between?

> for a couple of days after the long transfer that caused the problem,
> it still was painfully erratic and slow.  The reboot fixed the problem
> and the interface is fast again.

Possibly a driver bug :-(  (But I am totally shooting in the dark there.)

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