Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 08:23:31 -0500 From: jmc <jcagle@gmail.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4 weird transmit problem Message-ID: <6863f0c905051606236955420f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050513152838.E30976@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <6863f0c905051209432a3afcb9@mail.gmail.com> <20050513152838.E30976@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On 5/13/05, Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> wrote: > On Thu, 12 May 2005, jmc wrote: > > > I've got 5.4 amd64 installed on an Opteron server and I cannot get it to > > reliably transmit packets larger than 80 bytes using the bge driver (on a > > BCM5703 NIC). It receives large packets without any problem, but it just > > won't transmit them. (I can tcpdump all day long without a problem - big and > > small packets.) > > > > For example, I can "ping -s 38 <ip>" and it works fine. But if I try "ping > > -s 39 <ip>" (or any size larger than 38) it does not work. A 38 byte ping > > creates an 80 byte Ethernet packet. > > Random guesses: > > 1. Make sure your switch agrees with the speed and duplex setting. > Auto-neg problems are common. > > 2. Replace the cable. > > 3. Back-to-back two systems and try to reproduce. > Hey Doug, Thanks for the tips. Eventually I discovered that it was a Cisco switch problem -- I was trying to use it "out of the box" without configuring anything. As soon as I set the time & timezone, and password, everything else started working perfectly. I can't explain why it would have been in such a weird state -- only allowing small frames through. I tried to reproduce the problem with another switch, but it never got in this "confused" state. Thanks, John
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