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. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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