From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jan 29 10:15:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.tcworks.net (mail.tcworks.net [216.61.218.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC2937B402 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:14:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from tcworks.net (stuck.sticky.org [216.61.218.6]) by mail.tcworks.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f0TIB9X05756; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:11:10 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3A75B35D.1C97D40F@tcworks.net> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:15:57 -0600 From: Chris X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kal Torak Cc: Michael Schoensee , Tom ONeil , Free Subject: Re: FTP extremely slow *SOLVED* References: <3A69F410.819111B4@tacni.com> <3A6C706F.603204CF@tcworks.net> <3A6C72DE.A4837D3F@tuxcom.net.mx> <3A6C73DF.400BE914@tcworks.net> <3A6C8438.B43A4F2E@quake.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I replaced our 3Com SuperStack II 3000 switch with a Cisco Catalyst and it fixed the problem... very strange, stupid 3com piece of junk. Kal Torak wrote: > > Chris Cook wrote: > > > > Michael Schoensee wrote: > > > > > > I had to/from a freebsd box speeds of 6-8 KBps. > > > > > > I changed almost anything: card/HUP/media with no result. > > > > > > * It was the UTP-cable * !! > > > > But our problem is only to/from some FreeBSD boxes to another... My > > FreeBSD workstation and all Windoze clients seem to work extremely fast. > > Hmmm, well if they are all connected with the same NIC to the same HUB/Switch > then you should look at cables and settings... > If how ever you have different NICs or they are on a different HUB/Switch then > you need to look at things like duplex settings, media and other things that > *should* be auto sensing... > Some NICs are not compatible with some HUBs, this is all because there is no > real standard for how NICs should be programed... > > Of cause if everything is the same brand then unless this is some strange > software problem its time to start switching cables around... Although it > seems silly that its cabling to a lot of people, I have seen things like this > caused by cable too close to high voltage and other magnetic interference, > also badly made cables are out there... > > I am interested to see what this ends up being... > > Good luck! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message