From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 5 14:04:41 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA16664 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 5 Nov 1995 14:04:41 -0800 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA16655 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 1995 14:04:30 -0800 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id QAA07723; Sun, 5 Nov 1995 16:50:16 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 16:50:11 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: Incredibly slow ethernet performance. To: Jeremy Noetzelman cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <309D2EE9@mailgate.asymetrix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, Jeremy Noetzelman wrote: > I've got a 486/33 running FreeBSD 2.0.5, with a 3Com 3C509 Ethernet card. > I'm connected to a 10MBit ethernet segment. i have a 386dx40 here using that card without problems. ping times are normal. must be either a configuration issue or hardware problem. can you swap out the 3c509 with another one. how about th network cable, is it in good condition? please mail in the output of /sbin/dmesg. and your kernel configuration file. thank you jmb Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346