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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 11:54:11 -0500
From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: EtherExpress PRO/100 problem?
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On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 02:50:55AM -0800, Shawn Ramsey wrote:
> Since upgrading our FreeBSD servers to Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B cards,
> we have been experiencing minor pauses, for a second or more on telnet
> sessions. Is there anything I can do to maybe correct this, such as
> forcing a certain mode(half duplex, 10mb) ?? 
> 
> ifconfig fxp0 shows the following :
> 
> fxp0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 209.150.92.68 netmask 0xffffffc0 broadcast 209.150.92.127
>         ether 00:a0:c9:95:0f:32
>         media: autoselect
> 
> It is connected to a cheap, unmanaged LinkSys Hub. Ethernet traffic is
> fairly limited, and FTP transfers from my workstation, which has the same
> Intel card range form 600-1000k per second. (according to FTP)
> 
> 
> 
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Any chance that you're experiencing some reverse lookup DNS problems?
Perhaps you can tcpdump one of the telnet sessions to determine where 
and why the delay is occurring.
-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.

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