Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:34:12 -0500 From: "David Polak" <me@davidpolak.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE getting terrible throughput using sk0 adapter Message-ID: <000601c90b8f$c8a18ff0$59e4afd0$@com> In-Reply-To: <20080831181932.Q19288@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <000001c90b7b$af814f60$0e83ee20$@com> <20080831181932.Q19288@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Wojciech Puchar > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:21 AM > To: David Polak > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE getting terrible throughput using sk0 > adapter > > > still seeing really slow download speeds. I then decided to see if > something > > was wrong with the system by downloading the same image from the same > source > > that I downloaded on linux in order to bootstrap freebsd and the > speed > > difference was appaling. It had downloaded at 10.29 MB/s. Once > freebsd was > > installed, It will only go at 60KB/s.. > > > > > > looks like problems with speed/duplex autoconfiguration with the > switch, > or bad support for PHY in FreeBSD. > > what you describe is quite common case when one side gets configured > for > full duplex, other for half duplex. > > as it works for linux, maybe PHY support in FreeBSD is buggy. > > try setting up speed and duplex options manually I have set the duplex to full-duplex and it has increased the speed to about 200kb/s on the same file. As far as phy support, I guess I really don't know, but the drivers for the chipset have been around for a while.
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