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Date:      Mon, 30 May 2005 19:06:09 +0200
From:      "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Imobach_Gonz=E1lez_Sosa?= <imobachgs@banot.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Poor network performance: a lot of timeouts
Message-ID:  <op.srllsjs48527sy@outgoing.local>
In-Reply-To: <1117465224.9934.7.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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On Mon, 30 May 2005 17:00:23 +0200, Imobach González Sosa  
<imobachgs@banot.net> wrote:

> El lun, 30-05-2005 a las 12:49 +0200, Gunnar Flygt escribió:
>> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 11:03:20AM +0100, Imobach González Sosa wrote:
>> > El dom, 29-05-2005 a las 14:27 -0700, Kris Kennaway escribió:
>> > >
>> > > This kind of thing is often caused by duplex mismatch on your NIC.
>> >
>> > Ok, I've been playing around with media options (10/100, full and half
>> > duplex) but it didn't work. I suppose that I'll try to get a better  
>> NIC
>> > from one of my friends to try again :P
>>
>> The only important thing here is that you have the same settings on the
>> switch as on the server! For Linux-es I tend to set them auto - auto but
>> for FreeBSD 100/full (non negotiation) - 100/full wotks best.
>
> Ok, I think I have it correctly with this command:
>
>  ifconfig rl0 media 100baseTX -mediaopt full-duplex
>
> (rl0 or dc0, I've used two different NICs).
>
> Moreover, I connected my FreeBSD box to the ADSL router (directly, no
> more machines connected) and forced the adapter to 10baseT/UTP and
> full-duplex but it didn't work. I also tried with 100baseTX, but then
> there was no carrier (the ADSL router is a bit old, and only support
> 10Mbps).
>
> So, I'm running out of ideas :(
>
> Thank you all for your help!

Don't you need a cross-cable to connect directly to the router?

-- 
  Ronald Klop
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands



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