Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 19:37:56 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Tim Wilde <twilde@dyndns.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd network issue ... *very* slow scp between two servers Message-ID: <20040307193726.R13247@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0403061733200.12479@manganese.bos.dyndns.org> References: <20040306150504.Q13247@ganymede.hub.org> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0403061733200.12479@manganese.bos.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Tim Wilde wrote: > On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > I have two servers on the same network switch, sitting one on top of the > > other ... one is running an em (Dual-Xeon 2.4Ghz) device, the other an fxp > > (Dual-PIII 1.3Ghz) device ... > > Is it a Cisco Catalyst switch? If so, you need to switch the em's to > autoselect, on both the server and switch end. For some reason, the em > driver will not properly lock down its rate when talking to a Cisco > Catalyst switch. At least, I had an identical problem with em's talking > to a Catalyst 2950 and that was the fix I came up with. Give it a try and > see how your results go. Note that forcing it to 100baseT half-duplex (or 10baseT/UTP half-duplex) corrects the problem ... turns out it is only in full-duplex mode that its hosed ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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