From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 18 14:18: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.cybersurf.net (smtp2.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB3F237B417 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:17:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from 01031149@3web.net) Received: from 3web.net ([209.197.133.175]) by smtp2.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GIA8HG00.1XW for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 15:17:40 -0600 Received: by 3web.net (EzMTS MTSAgent 1.22b Service) ; Sat, 18 Aug 01 15:17:35 -0600 for Received: from 3web.net (10.0.0.2) by 3web.net (EzMTS MTSSmtp 1.50 Service) ; Sat, 18 Aug 01 09:18:24 -0600 for Received: by mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 18 Aug 2001 09:17:55 -0600 Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 09:17:52 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Freebsd Questions Subject: Re: Very slow Ethernet performance Message-ID: <20010818091752.A66567@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Freebsd Questions References: <000901c126bd$edf33ce0$14ce21c7@avatar.com> <3B7CE0D7.2050209@pacific.net.sg> <005b01c1275f$c1148b50$680d2ed5@ftp> <20010817140306.C53647@rand.tgd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010817140306.C53647@rand.tgd.net>; from "Sean Chittenden" on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 02:03:06PM X-Envelope-Receiver: 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 On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 02:03:06PM -0700, Sean Chittenden wrote: > > > > > Kory Hamzeh wrote: > > > > > > >I just brought up a 4.3-RELEASE system and I'm getting very poor > > > >Ethernet performance. > > > > > I suggest you should manuallu set your Ethernet card to the > > > appropriate speed and duplex mode which synchronize with your router > > > or switch of the LAN port . It may improve the performance in term of > > > the speed . > > > > > have the same problem , but how do i set it up manualy > > It depends on your network card. Try ifconfig -m to see what your nic > supports. For fxp, this is what I add to the end of all of my rc.conf > entries: > > media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex Is the '-m' flag new in the 4.x incarnations? I se that 'ifconfig -m' is not supported on my 3.3R box. -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message