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Date:      Wed, 06 Jun 2001 15:56:36 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        Stefan Parvu <sparvu@cc.hut.fi>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3C589B slow
Message-ID:  <3B1E3694.B8A41B58@i-clue.de>
References:  <Pine.OSF.4.10.10106051510150.18269-100000@alpha.hut.fi>

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Stefan Parvu schrieb:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a laptop running FreeBSD 4.3 - RELEASE
> The ep0 is a 3C589B PCMCIA NIC which is running really slow in
> performance.
> 
> ping to our internal Nameserver get results of 2000ms , when under Windows
> or NetBSD the same NIC reports speeds in 1ms or so :(
> 
> Now, are any specific notes regarding 3C589B/FreeBSD model since I have
> not got
> any problems with D model.
> ping to local ip address is ok and fast. traceroute is also delayed a lot.
> 
> Some ideas ?

You are probably connected to a hub, but the NIC is working in full
duplex mode. That's a no-no: read the amnpage for your ethernet driver
to learn how to force the board to half duplex mode.

HTH
-Christoph Sold

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