From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Wed Apr 11 06:30:54 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAD5F9B8B4 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:30:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay@milos.co.za) Received: from lisa.milos.co.za (lisa.milos.co.za [109.169.49.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 801DA7C7C6 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:30:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay@milos.co.za) Received: (qmail 65790 invoked by uid 89); 11 Apr 2018 06:24:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO roundcube) (172.16.15.33) by vpopmail with SMTP; 11 Apr 2018 06:24:10 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:24:10 +0200 From: clay@milos.co.za To: Dieter BSD Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AX88179 USB-to-Ethernet is slow and silently corrupts data In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2cb00163a4b0165f6f05dff56a20ae56@milos.co.za> X-Sender: clay@milos.co.za User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.3 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:49:52 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:30:54 -0000 I have one of these (I think it's the same chipset, I know it's AX88xxx) and I've used it before without issue. If I can find it at home and it's the same chipset I'll give it a whirl and check to confirm that it's not a hardware issue. Problem with these cheap USB-whatever adapters is that the quality control is not always server class :=) \\Clay On 2018-04-11 00:54, Dieter BSD wrote: > 10.3-RELEASE > amd64 with ECC memory > VIA VL805 USB 3.0 controller > ue0 is Siig USB-to-Ethernet Chipset: AX88179 > > ugen0.7: at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST > spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (124mA) > > ue0: flags=8c43 metric > 0 > mtu 1500 > options=8000b > inet 10.0.210.66 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.210.255 > nd6 options=29 > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT ) > status: active > > If media is set to "1000baseT " it "works", but slowly, > and > received data is silently corrupted. :-( Transmitted data is not > corrupted (tested with > 30 GB). > > ifconfig ue0 -txcsum > "works", but still gives silent data corruption > > ifconfig ue0 -rxcsum (acts the same with or without txcsum) > ping out > netstat sees packets both directions, but ping doesn't see the > response: > 8 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss > ping in > netstat sees packets in, but no responses going out > > I can see that some Ethernet controllers would not support checksum > offloading, > but it seems to me that turning the checksum offloading off should > always > work? (at the expense of more cpu load) > > Previously (2016 May): > # ifconfig ue0 media 100baseTX-FDX > fixed the input error problem and the data corruption problem, > at the expense of making it even slower. > > Sent data from machine A with 10Mbps Ethernet. (Netgear Ethernet > switch > converts 10Mbps to 1000Mbps) Netstat did not report any input errors > on > ue0 and there was no data corruption. So ue0 can handle gigabit data > rate, > but gets input errors if packets arrive too frequently. > > I tried moving it to a USB-2 port. No data corruption, but USB-2 is > slow. > > The chip performs a lot better for tweaktown: > > http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7243/vantec-cb-u300gna-usb-3-gigabit-network-adapter-review/index.html > (Vantec CB-U300GNA with the same Asix AX88179 chip) > "full duplex gigabit with 952 Mbps consistently across the chart" > > http://www.vantecusa.com/products_detail.php?p_id=143&p_name=USB+3.0+Gigabit+Ethernet+Adapter&pc_id=21&pc_name=Network&pt_id=5&pt_name=Accessories > > Asix AX88179 chip: > http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=131;71;112 > "Supports Jumbo frame up to 4KB" > > But ifconfig rejects any value > 1500: > ifconfig ue0 mtu 1501 > ifconfig: ioctl SIOCSIFMTU (set mtu): Invalid argument > > I tried mtu of 100, 500, 1000, 1400 but they all give > rcp: lost connection > > USB disks are fast, so the USB controller seems to work ok. > > I also tried a Tek Republic TUN-300 which has the same AX88179, > and it acts the same as the Siig. > > So, transmit works, but is slow. Receive works if the amount of > traffic > is low enough (limit rate of data sent, limit Ethernet speed, or > use USB-2). But if data is received too fast it gets silently > corrupted. > Setting -rxcsum does not work, and cannot set mtu other than 1500. > > Questions: > Why does -rxcsum not work? > Why does attempting to set a larger mtu fail? > Why does setting a smaller mtu make rcp fail? > Why is the chip acting slow? > How do I get it to work properly? (fast and without data corruption) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"