From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 9 14:08:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65E9B16A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:08:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from dword.org (p15091850.pureserver.info [217.160.107.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 995F043D1D for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:08:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from guido@prophetic-entertainment.de) Received: (qmail 28501 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2004 22:08:28 -0000 Received: from dsl-082-083-229-054.arcor-ip.net (HELO tolkien.hier) (82.83.229.54) by p15091850.pureserver.info with SMTP; 9 Feb 2004 22:08:28 -0000 From: Guido Winkelmann To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 23:10:26 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.51 References: <200402081402.59616.guido@prophetic-entertainment.de> <20040209130216.GB6585@marvin.home.local> In-Reply-To: <20040209130216.GB6585@marvin.home.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200402092310.54580.guido@prophetic-entertainment.de> Subject: Re: Performance problems with a Via Rhine II and a rtl8139C NIC on a Via Epia MB X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:08:29 -0000 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 09 February 2004 14:02, you wrote: > Hi there, > Have you checked that you have the NIC setup for same speed/duplex as your > switch/hub/other pc ? The autonegotiated setting for the card is 100baseTX , accordi= ng=20 to ifconfig, which is the same setting all the other cards connected to tha= t=20 switch are using. > Also worth checking the cables. Already tried with two different cables. Same result. > Otherwise given the other problems mentioned I'd suggest dumping the > realtek and going with something else (personally have had great success > with intel based chips (fxp) and also some netgear from a while back (dc) > Note that the man page doesnt particularly speak highly of this chip. I'll try a 3Com card next. I have just purchased one over EBay. > Best of luck, thx > Tony Guido =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAKAVc8SxKubh3nYURArstAJ42D9TY0sU8qJUmTlqqpTIaA0Do8ACgkClF aOJzVEnd8MaX7sss/A76/Lg=3D =3DDlN0 =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----