From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 16 6:24: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from kodos.tinet.ie (kodos.tinet.ie [159.134.237.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A20AC14F0D for ; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 06:24:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crypt0genic@tinet.ie) Received: from p55.as1.cork1.tinet.ie ([159.134.228.55] helo=tweak.home) by kodos.tinet.ie with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #23) id 1157xW-0007NX-00; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 14:23:26 +0100 Received: (from crypt0genic@localhost) by tweak.home (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA00967; Fri, 16 Jul 1999 14:21:00 GMT Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 14:20:44 +0000 From: crypt0genic To: Bill Paul Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: poor ethernet performance? Message-ID: <19990716142044.A844@ecad.org> References: <19990716120748.A629@ecad.org> <199907161301.JAA20604@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.5i In-Reply-To: <199907161301.JAA20604@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>; from Bill Paul on Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 09:01:32AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Bill Paul (wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu) [990716 13:58]: > > I have two freeBSD machines one 3.1 -STABLE and the other 3.2 -STABLE, > > 3.2-STABLE *FROM WHEN*. What date does it say when you run uname -a! FreeBSD TWEAK.HOME 3.1-STABLE FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE #3: Wed Jun 30 11:00:45 IST 199 9 root@TWEAK.HOME:/usr/src/sys/compile/TWEAK i386 FreeBSD MANSON.HOME 3.2-STABLE FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE #0: Thu Jun 24 20:54:25 IST 1999 root@MANSON.HOME:/usr/src/sys/compile/MANSON i386 I was unsure when i wrote that in the first place so I even checked. > You changed out the "hub" just because one FTP transfer didn't go as > fast as you would have liked? Did you reset the interfaces (or reboot > the machines) when you reconnected them? I changed the hub because I was planning on doing so for some time anyway, I also rebooted the machines. > > It sounds a lot to me like you have the duplex modes on the cards set > wrong, or that the cards are autonegotiating wrong (which is not > impossible -- some switches that have full duplex ports don't do NWAY > correctly). The cards must agree with their link partners: if you have > them plugged into full duplex ports, then they must also be set to full > duplex. If the cards are plugged into half duplex ports, then they also > have to be half duplex. > > Now you're going to ask me how to set the duplex mode on the interface > because why read the instructions when you can just ask somebody "on > the web" instead, right? Grrr. > > # ifconfig xl0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex > # ifconfig xl0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt half-duplex That worked, except after a few minutes i got an error on TWEAK reading "xl0: watchdog timeout" seeing as your allready reading this have you anyideas? > > Er. I don't get it. You're implying that the bug fairy just visited > you one night while you were asleep. This doesn't happen. If you're > having trouble now and you weren't before, then you changed something. > Stands to reason, doesn't it? Indeed it does, I noticed some slight network performance problems before, but nothing this severe, Also fariys only tend to visit me after too much Gin, which I havent indulged in for quiet some time. Thanks for your help Bill, and also Andy who followed up the thread. -Emil -- Reverse engineering, the most phun and usually the most effective way to tackle a problem or learn something new. Public PGP key: http://www.ecad.org/crypt0genic_pgp_key Website: http://www.ecad.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message