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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

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