From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Nov 12 22:20: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56D1737B4C5 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:20:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id WAA26438; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:20:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:20:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011130620.WAA26438@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: David Greenman Subject: Re: kern/22768: fxp get slow often! Reply-To: David Greenman Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/22768; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Greenman To: Wei-Kai Wu Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/22768: fxp get slow often! Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:10:51 -0800 >On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 07:36:52AM -0800, David Greenman wrote: >> >ifconfig fxp0 140.113.214.152 netmask 0xffffff00 media 100BaseTX >> >sleep 1 >> >ifconfig fxp0 140.113.214.152 netmask 0xffffff00 media autoselect >> >running 2 times every hour to keep the speed of ftpd. >> I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish with the above, but it is >> weird in the extreme. The problem that you are describing sounds like a duplex >> negotiation problem with your switch. Try setting both sides to full duplex. >> For the FreeBSD side remove your cronjob and then: >> ifconfig .... media 100basetx mediaopt full-duplex > >I am quite sure that the Intel 8-port 10/100 Switch work well. >I also tried your suggestion, still not work. > >In fact, I used the dc0 network card before. >I thought the problem may cause by dc0, so I buy the fxp0. > >Is there any other possibilities? So you're having the same problem with 'tulip' clones (dc device)? Have you tried using a different cable? Does the Intel switch have any error stats that might give a clue why the performance is bad? What does "ifconfig fxp0" show (speed/duplex) when the performance is low? -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message