From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 15 11:08:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA13829 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA13824 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.8.5/8.8.4) id UAA00410 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:08:13 +0200 (MESZ) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199709151808.UAA00410@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: ed1 too slow -- solved To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:08:13 +0200 (MESZ) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I wrote: > since I upgraded our gateway (486DX2/66, ASUS-SP3G, 24MB) to 2.2.2, > I have trouble with the second (outer) interface. [..] > Nevertheless, the light on the network card was heavily flashing and > tcpdump revealed that indeed data was sent and received. [..] > After testing 5 different cards I found that only the SMC (BNC,AUI,TP) > (which was in at first) and a NE2000 (BNC,TP) work on the outer net. > The others (2 SMC and 1 WD w/o TP) send and receive data (tcpdump) but > even ping doesn't do. > Has anybody an idea what was/is wrong ? It seems, that the different cards are more or less sensitive to correct termination. The cable to the outer net was terminated with 25 Ohm (I never had reason to measure it). After replacing the terminator with the standard 50 Ohm, everything works fine now ! So much for the records, Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de