From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 14 7:38:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from norton.miranda.com (mail.miranda.com [199.202.147.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 377AE14BDD for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:38:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mjblais@miranda.com) Received: from sparta (sparta.miranda.com [192.168.100.1]) by norton.miranda.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA03455; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:41:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mjblais@miranda.com) Message-Id: <199906141441.KAA03455@norton.miranda.com> X-Sender: mjblais@mail.miranda.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:38:13 -0400 To: Mitch Collinsworth From: Marie-Josee Blais Subject: Re: Network slowed down Cc: Mike Tancsa , questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199906112133.AA116666833@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I have changed my configuration to 100Mbits HD with automatic disabled and so far so good. It's been running happily the whole weekend. I'll see how it goes this week ! At 17:33 1999-06-11 -0400, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > >I have seen cases where a card that is supposed to do 100 Full just >can't handle it. In these cases locking the switch port to 100 Half >has resulted in a dramatic speed-up in my experience. I can't tell >you offhand which cards these were, but give it a try. > >-Mitch > > >>It is on a switch ! Actually everything is set on auto on both sides so >>they should be detecting the speed by themselves. Should I force the >>communication to a 100 Mbits (The server and the switch are in the same >>room ) or only use Half duplex or etc ? I also checked if both had >>detected the same thing and both say 100Mbits and Full duplex. >> >>At 11:42 1999-06-11 -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: >>>At 09:55 AM 6/11/99 , Marie-Josee Blais wrote: >>>>The problem has come back and I tried netstat -ni and there is no errors >>>>and no collisions. >>>>I have also looked at the output of tcpdump and trafshow and I can't see >>>>anything out of the ordinary. >>> >>>Is it on a switch ? Check the duplex settings on both the card and the >>>switch. When these are out of whack, nasty slowdowns will happen. >>> >>> ---Mike >>>********************************************************************** >>>Mike Tancsa, Network Admin * mike@sentex.net >>>Sentex Communications Corp, * http://www.sentex.net/mike >>>Cambridge, Ontario * 01.519.651.3400 >>>Canada * >>>=3D20 >>/-----------------------------\ >>| Marie-Josee Blais=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 | >>| Network Administrator=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 | >>|=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3D= A0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3D A0=3D >>=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 | >>| E-mail:mjblais@miranda.com=3DA0 | >>| --------------------------- | >>| Technologies Miranda Inc.=3DA0=3DA0 | >>| Tel:(514) 333-1772=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 | >>| Fax:(514) 333-9828=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 | >>| Web:=3DA0www.miranda.com | >>\-----------------------------/ =3D20 >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >=20 /-----------------------------\ | Marie-Josee Blais=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 | | Network Administrator=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 | |=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 | | E-mail:mjblais@miranda.com=A0 | | --------------------------- | | Technologies Miranda Inc.=A0=A0 | | Tel:(514) 333-1772=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 | | Fax:(514) 333-9828=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 | | Web:=A0www.miranda.com | \-----------------------------/ =20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message