Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:19:52 -0700 From: "Brian Lau" <blau@allbusiness.com> To: "Edward Chu" <ecchu@mit.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Networking Problems Message-ID: <A50AB1BD8071E14EA1BB77F82A991AAC066777@mail01.sfo.allbusiness.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Make sure all the nics are running in full duplex mode. -----Original Message----- From: Edward Chu [mailto:ecchu@mit.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:00 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Networking Problems Hello there, I was wondering if anybody could help me out with this networking problem. The way my network setup goes is as follows. I am splitting a DSL connect using NAT and my FreeBSD box. The DSL goes into the FreeBSD box into a linksys ethernet card, and is sent to the LAN through a 3com 100base t ethernet card... From there, it goes into a switch and then 3 other Win2k machines are plugged into the switch. The problem is as follows. Previously, I was using a 100 mb hub from 3com, but recently upgraded to a 100 mb switch made by linksys. The exact product is the Linksys 10/100 8 port wokrgroup switch model EZXS88W. When I was using the 3com hub, everything worked flawlessly. However with the switch, any file transfers between my FreeBSD box and the Win2k machines are very slow.. On the order of 300kb/sec. However, the strange thing is, file transfers between Win2k machines are as fast as they should be, so it seems as though any transfers between a machine and the FreeBSD box are slow. So the only the that I have done is change from the hub (which worked fine) to the new switch which seems to be causing problems. I have also tried plugging the line from the FreeBSD box into another port on the switch, but no luck. Any help is greatly appreciated -Edward Chu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.4417.0"> <TITLE>RE: Networking Problems</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/plain format --> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Make sure all the nics are running in full duplex mode.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Edward Chu [<A HREF="mailto:ecchu@mit.edu">mailto:ecchu@mit.edu</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 11:00 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Networking Problems</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Hello there,</FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2>I was wondering if anybody could help me out with this networking </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>problem. The way my network setup goes is as follows. I am splitting a </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>DSL connect using NAT and my FreeBSD box. The DSL goes into the FreeBSD </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>box into a linksys ethernet card, and is sent to the LAN through a 3com </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>100base t ethernet card... From there, it goes into a switch and then 3 </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>other Win2k machines are plugged into the switch.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>The problem is as follows. Previously, I was using a 100 mb hub from 3com, </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>but recently upgraded to a 100 mb switch made by linksys. The exact </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>product is the Linksys 10/100 8 port wokrgroup switch model EZXS88W. When </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>I was using the 3com hub, everything worked flawlessly. However with the </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>switch, any file transfers between my FreeBSD box and the Win2k machines </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>are very slow.. On the order of 300kb/sec. However, the strange thing is, </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>file transfers between Win2k machines are as fast as they should be, so it </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>seems as though any transfers between a machine and the FreeBSD box are </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>slow. So the only the that I have done is change from the hub (which </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>worked fine) to the new switch which seems to be causing problems.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>I have also tried plugging the line from the FreeBSD box into another port </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>on the switch, but no luck.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Any help is greatly appreciated</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-Edward Chu</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
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