From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 16 11:20: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail01.sfo.allbusiness.com (gateway.allbusiness.com [208.184.194.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD43337B423 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 11:19:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blau@allbusiness.com) content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE34.CD096A26" Subject: RE: Networking Problems X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.4417.0 Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:19:52 -0700 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Networking Problems Thread-Index: AcDeMirHYRx2vVXOTBmYQEjfjjOogwAAog3A From: "Brian Lau" To: "Edward Chu" Cc: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE34.CD096A26 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 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=20 100base t ethernet card... From there, it goes into a switch and then 3=20 other Win2k machines are plugged into the switch. The problem is as follows. Previously, I was using a 100 mb hub from 3com,=20 but recently upgraded to a 100 mb switch made by linksys. The exact=20 product is the Linksys 10/100 8 port wokrgroup switch model EZXS88W. When=20 I was using the 3com hub, everything worked flawlessly. However with the=20 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,=20 file transfers between Win2k machines are as fast as they should be, so it=20 seems as though any transfers between a machine and the FreeBSD box are=20 slow. So the only the that I have done is change from the hub (which=20 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=20 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 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE34.CD096A26 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Networking Problems

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

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