Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 08:32:09 +0300 (EET DST) From: Sergey Stepanenko <sns@viaduk.net> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Com Slow Performance Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960511083005.11868A-100000@resolver.viaduk.net> In-Reply-To: <199605100630.QAA08029@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Fri, 10 May 1996, Michael Smith wrote:
> Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:59:59 +0930 (CST)
> From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
> To: Sergey Stepanenko <sns@viaduk.net>
> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: 3Com Slow Performance
>
> Sergey Stepanenko stands accused of saying:
> > > > vx0 <3Com 3c595 Fast EtherLink III PCI> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:4
> > > > utp[*UTP*] address 00:a0:24:78:34:21
> > > > Warning! Defective early revision adapter!
> > >
> > > This is an Unhappy Message. I'm not sure whether the problems it refers
> > > to have been dealt with, or whether this may be a problem.
> >
> > Well, it's SNAP 960501, latest current say nothing like this, instead it
> > says "failed to read eeprom" or something like that.
>
> Erk. Also sounds Very Bad. You might want to look at the source and
> see _why_ it's saying that.
>
> > all network is "hubbed" by 3Com FMS II 24 Port hub with management module.
> > from its statistics there's nothing wrong with cabling/framing or anything.
> > port for this nic looks just fine.
>
> Do you have Duplex enabled on the hub ports? My fogged brain tells me
> that the 'vx' driver doesn't do duplex, and if that were causing lost
> packets this would be a likely symptom.
No Duplex there.. FMS-II does not support that. So it's working just like
plain ethernet 10T...
Also Jeffrey D. Chung passed a good idea of porting linux vortex 59x
driver to BSD...
WB
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Sergey Stepanenko - System/Network Administrator
Technical Director - Viaduk-Telecom, Inc
10 Sagaidachnogo St., 254070 Kiev, Ukraine
tel. +38 (044) 4168267 tel./fax +38 (044) 4625090
hostmaster@viaduk.net - sns@viaduk.net
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