From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 17 5:23:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-american.com (sage-american.com [216.122.141.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE65937B416 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 05:23:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from SAGEONE (adsl-64-219-20-175.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [64.219.20.175]) by sage-american.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA08090; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:23:13 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20020117072306.017908f8@mail.sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@mail.sage-american.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:23:06 -0600 To: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" , "Chris Fedde" From: jacks@sage-american.com Subject: RE: Is this ping normal? Cc: "FBSD Questions" In-Reply-To: References: <200201170338.g0H3ch887528@fedde.littleton.co.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 Joe: "New" has nothing to do with a products ability/performance as many of us have found out by now. I think the earlier post was the right idea. You should set the NICs to make them both operate at the same modes.... At 10:51 PM 1.16.2002 -0500, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote: >These Nic cards are brand new. >The box and the manuals say they are 100baseT Nics. > >-----Original Message----- >From: cfedde@fedde.littleton.co.us [mailto:cfedde@fedde.littleton.co.us]On >Behalf Of Chris Fedde >Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:39 PM >To: Joe & Fhe Barbish >Cc: FBSD Questions >Subject: Re: Is this ping normal? > >On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 22:07:52 -0500 "Joe & Fhe Barbish" wrote: > +------------------ > | Using a FBSD 4.4 box with a generic install where > | the only thing customized is the Nic card as full > | duplex and Ip assigned using ifconfig, > | connected with a crossover cable to a Winbox with > | it's Nic card configured full duplex with IP > | address and other associated items hard coded in > | the windows networking configuration. > | > | No matter which way I ping, FBSD to Win or Win > | to FBSD I get 2 to 4 timed out packets out of 10, > | or 8 to 15 out of 100. There is nothing else going > | on in these machines except that ping. > | This just does not seem right. I have pinged IP > | addresses of places in Honk Kong and get no timed > | out packets so what is the problem with 10 feet of > | cable between my server and the Winbox? > +------------------ > >You may also be having a problem with the full duplex config. Cards >at both ends of the cable and any hub/switch in the middle must >agree that it is full duplex. Many older nics don't support >full duplex well even if they let you configure it. As a diagnostic >try the test from both ends and try all four combinations of duplex >settings. > >-- > Chris Fedde > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin =================================================== Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!" =================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message