From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 25 05:09:23 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B59316A41A for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:09:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netslists@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0104413C468 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:09:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netslists@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so398605anc.13 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:09:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RQeqGSTozba3AYVeSUcoWLYwOtVBXX0oE0VM2PG409I=; b=rjm3WqVwzyA//PSsS8gKVsZjM0gCtkeYhMwJlgkkkD1BJ1cbZIiXJ73Ae7icyXRHtTrlifGmpnTUtKMFwRfj3FnvmkVxtucs2DFwIYw9ivyFsBv2Rfz63Kf/7nQIJkIYkPhD0neF9VpmYf0pZhtiFPj12WUYdzIEGQmkPSQtZKc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PSmXGMqw8zVvkRxNQMERs5jsUBG7Tou18ePVn2mIpIovOmCQD352eqaLE05EbxIB1upfwtHi2nPZVY9yi3xxLxstgal30sVTjHbIwFNuw4ZiA3HMNprl2OinVZ2snFE6KP4QAIvP+/2WmWhXZKiLGzlDmXM3r6VqRzSCgJMFTjo= Received: by 10.100.34.16 with SMTP id h16mr10921704anh.111.1198559362229; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:09:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.12.8? ( [97.101.40.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d24sm6697210and.12.2007.12.24.21.09.20 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:09:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47709076.5050205@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:09:10 -0500 From: Sten Daniel Soersdal User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Poulsen References: <476EE604.2070809@nesluop.dk> In-Reply-To: <476EE604.2070809@nesluop.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: Problem with nfe stability and throughput X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:09:23 -0000 Chris Poulsen wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed CURRENT on an asus m2n-vm. My network config is giving me > problems. > > Throughput seems low. I'm seeing up/download rates less than 1 Mbyte/sec > on my local lan (100Mb). I've tried switching cables/ports in my switch > etc. > > I've enabled device polling (hz=1000) > > Uploads from the box are slow but "stable". Downloads to the box are > both slow and unstable. After a few seconds i see the following lines in > my log and all transfers freeze. Doing ifconfig nfe0 down/up brings the > interface back to life. > > nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 3 pkt len 3) > nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0) > nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 8 pkt len 8) > nfe0: discard frame w/o leading ethernet header (len 0 pkt len 0) > > I've tried applying the patch from this conversation: > http://www.nabble.com/nfe-busted-on-7.0-BETA4-to14143721.html#a14143721 > > but i still see the same error. (My dmesg/ifconfig output in the bottom > of this mail) > > Could someone please give me some pointers on how to fix these things? > Have you tried turning off flow-control on the switch port? Just my $0.02 -- Sten Daniel Soersdal