Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 18:26:56 -0500 From: "Jon Noack" <noackjr@compgeek.com> To: "twig les" <twigles@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Incredibly slow network performance Message-ID: <NFBBIJDHKLKEJHKFMLBHIEBGCCAA.noackjr@compgeek.com> In-Reply-To: <20020626224543.66567.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com>
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> My NIC is an old 3com 3c589c on a p3-700 Toshiba Tecra > 8100 with 256MB. Top says that the CPU and mem aren't > caught in some runaway problem, so I'm guessing that I > missed some config option somewhere. Does anyone know > where to start troubleshooting this? Sounds like the driver is configuring the card wrong. 1) Try running "ifconfig ep0 media 10baseT/UTP" to force the card to 10Mbps half-duplex. If this works, add "media 10baseT/UTP" to your ifconfig_ep0 line in /etc/rc.conf to make it permanent. 2) Try a different hub/switch. Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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