Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 15:34:29 +0200 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: R <tlhingan@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 57% packet loss Message-ID: <3B41C9E5.A319ADD@i-clue.de> References: <000701c1035f$795e8aa0$9213ba18@34gh11v2>
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R schrieb: > > hello all > > ok, first things first: I'm new, but not dumb :) Now that thats out of the > way... > > I'm running 3.2-STABLE. I'm trying to configure my box to get on the net. > I have a cable modem - not from "@home" - and a nic (xl0) which conects to > it. > > I've been trying to do a few things at the same time, which has gotten me > quite mixed up, since im learning from scratch each of the things im trying > :) > > So, I'm gonna break my questions into the mailing list into VERY small > pieces - the first of which is: > > What sort of things should i look for when trying to determine why I'm > getting a 57% packet loss pinging hub.freebsd.org? > > I'm obviously getting online - so i guess my set-up isn't far off the mark - > but i seem to drop/loose every other packet. for example, packets 0 and 1 > get lost, but #2 malkes it. then #3 gets lost and 4 makes it. Check your mediaopts match thos of your connection. Probably your NIC works in full duplex mode, while the cable modem expects half duplex. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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