From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 11 9: 1: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8188F37B400 for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pd4mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (h24-71-223-10.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD40543E77 for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:01:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robin@damm.ca) Received: from pd6mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd6mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.216]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0O00CF7S6LNX@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:54:21 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml9so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.7]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0O009PMS5W07@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:53:56 -0600 (MDT) Received: from lulu.wp.shawcable.net (h24-82-238-48.wp.shawcable.net [24.82.238.48]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 12 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H0O00A1XS6KHJ@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:54:21 -0600 (MDT) Received: from lulu.wp.shawcable.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lulu.wp.shawcable.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7BFsAPt021863; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 10:54:11 -0500 (CDT envelope-from robin@damm.ca) Received: (from robin@localhost) by lulu.wp.shawcable.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7BFsAdX021862; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 10:54:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 10:54:10 -0500 From: Robin Damm Subject: Re: Flaky NFS over Via Rhine based LAN cards In-reply-to: <1976128765.20020811142621@buz.ch> To: Gabriel Ambuehl Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mail-Followup-To: Gabriel Ambuehl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20020811155409.GA21484@lulu.wp.shawcable.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i References: <1976128765.20020811142621@buz.ch> X-Authentication-warning: lulu.wp.shawcable.net: robin set sender to robin@damm.ca using -f Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 02:26:21PM +0200, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > Hello, > I'm experiencing very flaky (=unusable) NFS over two Via Rhine based > DLink cards connected through a cross over cable. It is either a card > or a driver issue as NFS works perfectly over the public interfaces of > the boxes (Realtek connected to a 3com Switch) so I'd be interested to > hear about other people's experience with that card/driver and NFS. If > it's really due to the Rhine chips and can't be fixed, I'll throw the > cards out, of course, but before I do that, I'd like to know whether > there might be a software solution to this... Same problem here when using nfs or large ftp xfers. I suspect it is a driver issue as the cards work fine under Win32. As a workaround I mount nfs with the "-r=1024" switch, see "man mount_nfs". This is stable enough for running "make installworld" via nfs and the like here. As a solution I placed the vr card on the public interface (less throughput) with the intention of junking the vr cards later. Do tell if you come up with something more elegant. -- Robin Damm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message