From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 27 8: 2: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 533F037B401 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:02:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from home.crc.co.za (home.crc.co.za [196.36.165.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F1343EC2 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:01:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doron@home.crc.co.za) Received: from dman ([192.168.1.8]) by home.crc.co.za (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id gBRFujXm058206; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 17:56:47 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from doron@home.crc.co.za) Message-ID: <003a01c2adc1$4369b650$0801a8c0@dman> From: "Doron Shmaryahu" To: "Gerard Samuel" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" References: <3E0C72A9.9000302@trini0.org> <1041004206.68500.116.camel@localhost> Subject: Re: Network timeouts??? Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 18:01:42 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I would suggest using the media switch with ifconfig - more than likely you have a card thinking half duplex and a switch full duplex.. The command is ifconfig rl1 media 10baseT/UTP rl1 being the card and select either 10/100mb. This will force the card into a mode. Kind Regards Doron Shmaryahu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Roberts" To: "Gerard Samuel" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Network timeouts??? > On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 15:32, Gerard Samuel wrote: > > Im not really sure when the problem began, but I believe it was after > > upgrading to 4.7-RELEASE-p2. > > 2 of the boxes running 4.7-RELEASE-p2 which are also running with Intel > > Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet cards, > > are getting numerous timeouts in the logs. > > > > fxp0: device timeout > > > > When connecting to these boxes, the connections are sluggish, to the > > point where I can type faster, that the command line can display. > > All boxes are connected on a 100Mb network via an SMC EZ-Switch SMC > > 6308TX switch. > > The only thing that has changed in months, is software versions. > > The problem seems sporadic. Can't seem to find out how or what is > > causing the problem. > > > > Is/was there a problem with the fxp drivers, or can someone direct me as > > to how one goes about to debug this problem. > > > > Thanks for any info you may provide... > > Hi Gerard, > If you connect to the box via ssh, then you might want to try using > the "-v" switch to ssh so as to get a more verbose output when > connecting. > > It should display evidence as to where in the connection any delays are > occurring as far as your sluggish connectivity is concerned. > > Do the cards themselves produce any information for you? Post some stats > from the nics as returned from:- > > netstat -in > netstat -s > netstat -m > > At the least, you could try "bouncing" (ifconfig down / ifconfig up) the > interfaces if the situation degrades dramatically. > > Hope this helps. > > Stacey > > -- > Stacey Roberts > B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science > > Web: www.vickiandstacey.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message