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Date:      Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:22:24 -0800
From:      William Schmidt <bsd_admin@htslabs.com>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kern/22768: fxp get slow often!
Message-ID:  <3A2324F0.3AE50202@htslabs.com>
References:  <200011130620.WAA26438@freefall.freebsd.org>

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David Greenman wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR kern/22768; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
> To: Wei-Kai Wu <wkwu@csie.nctu.edu.tw>
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: kern/22768: fxp get slow often!
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:10:51 -0800
>
>  >On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 07:36:52AM -0800, David Greenman wrote:
>  >> >ifconfig fxp0 140.113.214.152 netmask 0xffffff00 media 100BaseTX
>  >> >sleep 1
>  >> >ifconfig fxp0 140.113.214.152 netmask 0xffffff00 media autoselect
>  >> >running 2 times every hour to keep the speed of ftpd.
>  >>    I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish with the above, but it is
>  >> weird in the extreme. The problem that you are describing sounds like a duplex
>  >> negotiation problem with your switch. Try setting both sides to full duplex.
>  >> For the FreeBSD side remove your cronjob and then:
>  >> ifconfig .... media 100basetx mediaopt full-duplex
>  >
>  >I am quite sure that the Intel 8-port 10/100 Switch work well.
>  >I also tried your suggestion, still not work.
>  >
>  >In fact, I used the dc0 network card before.
>  >I thought the problem may cause by dc0, so I buy the fxp0.
>  >
>  >Is there any other possibilities?
>
>     So you're having the same problem with 'tulip' clones (dc device)? Have you
>  tried using a different cable? Does the Intel switch have any error stats that
>  might give a clue why the performance is bad? What does "ifconfig fxp0" show
>  (speed/duplex) when the performance is low?
>
>  -DG

I have been work on this problem for sum time now and have determined that It seems
to be the data coming in that is slow.  For example I can ftp put at about 2.7-3.0
MB/sec but only ftp get the same file at about 40-120 KB/sec.  and that was manually
setting ifconfig for 100baseTX and full-duplex.  Manually setting to 10BaseT results
at a rate of 700-900KB/secin both directions.  Furthermore If I reboot the same
system to 3.5.1-release  the problem goes away and rate in both direction are over
2.7MB/sec.  I have taken all my systems back to 3.5.1 to temporally solve these
problems and left  one dual boot system for testing.

Bill





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