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Date:      15 Aug 2002 09:34:35 +0000
From:      Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>
To:        Matt Johnson <mattj@maine.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with the xl driver or 3Com cards?
Message-ID:  <1029404076.260.2.camel@heater.vladsempire.net>
In-Reply-To: <DC87B154-AFF6-11D6-8FEA-00306585BF9A@maine.rr.com>
References:  <DC87B154-AFF6-11D6-8FEA-00306585BF9A@maine.rr.com>

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On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 02:29, Matt Johnson wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 04:59  PM, Josh Paetzel wrote:
> >
> > You really have more issues than that one card.  A pair of reasonably
> > fast PC's on a 100tx network should get from 9-10.5M/sec transfer
> > rates.  Your other boxes only doing 5 is a problem as well.  I've seen
> > this issue over and over again with boxes that were reinstalled, 
> > network
> > cards, ports, cables, switches and anything else we could think of
> > swapped around.  I joke that some ATX cases are only rated for certain
> > 100tx transfer rates.
> 
> And another note, I'm fairly inclined to think it's the switch itself. 
> The 100mbps and full-duplex LEDs are on for all the nodes that support 
> it, and the switch was brand new, and a fairly "high end" model 
> (Linksys Workgroup Switch, 8 port). I would hope that networking 
> hardware wouldn't be half-way defective right out of the box like 
> that...
> 
> Matt

I've gone os far as to reinstall all the machines on a network thinking
it much be an OS issue.  I was direct connecting them with crossover
cables and everything to eliminate hardware, swapped nics, you name it,
I did it. Nothing made a bit of difference.  My advice: If you need the
performance buy Intel Ethernetexpress cards. 
> 



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